Answer: Note: General assertions containing no specific information
beyond what is provided in the introductory statement should
not be credited as “specific historical examples
Explanation: Example (acceptable):
• “Europeans’ attempts to reach Asia by sailing west
resulted in Europeans’ encountering the Americas.”
(Counts toward earning the point because there is a
specific historical example relevant to the prompt)
Example (unacceptable):
• “The Columbian Exchange was a direct outcome of the
European oceanic voyages.” (Does not count toward
earning the point because there is no specific information
beyond what is provided in the introductory statement)
Answer:
The event shown in the image illustrates how Europeans were able to use their economic power
through joint-stock companies, such as the British EIC, to weaken Asian states.
• The Mughal grant shows how competition between European mercantilist states and companies
weakened Asian states by allowing Europeans to gain greater access to and control over Asian
markets.
Explanation:
This next one is likely to get you extra credit:
The most significant change in the relationship between Great Britain and South Asia from the time of
the image to the nineteenth century is that the image shows only the beginning of the British conquest
of India, whereas the British gained total control over India in the nineteenth century.
• A significant way that the relationship between Great Britain and India changed in the nineteenth
century is that the cooperation between the Mughals and the British shown in the image turned into
resistance and repression as Britain crushed the great Indian rebellion (or Sepoy Mutiny) of 1857.
• The most significant change is that Britain gained greater power in India, which led to the collapse of
the Indian textile industry, the spread of famine, and India’s impoverishment.
