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Which of the following accurately compares the economic impacts of the Great Depression in Northern Rhodesia and Burma?
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I don't see the answer choices, but the correct comparison is:
- Both colonies were badly hit by collapsing world commodity prices, but the sectors and social effects differed.
- Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia): the copper-price collapse devastated the mining sector — mine closures or cutbacks, falling wages, mass unemployment among migrant and African miners, and increased pressure on colonial labour/tax policies and urban labour unrest.
- Burma: the rice-price collapse ruined peasant incomes — widespread rural poverty, tenant/peasant hardship, and large-scale political unrest (notably the Saya San rebellion of 1930–32) that strengthened anti‑colonial sentiment.
So pick the option that says the Depression hit copper/mining and urban/migrant workers in Northern Rhodesia, but hit rice/peasant agriculture and provoked rural rebellion in Burma.
- Both colonies were badly hit by collapsing world commodity prices, but the sectors and social effects differed.
- Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia): the copper-price collapse devastated the mining sector — mine closures or cutbacks, falling wages, mass unemployment among migrant and African miners, and increased pressure on colonial labour/tax policies and urban labour unrest.
- Burma: the rice-price collapse ruined peasant incomes — widespread rural poverty, tenant/peasant hardship, and large-scale political unrest (notably the Saya San rebellion of 1930–32) that strengthened anti‑colonial sentiment.
So pick the option that says the Depression hit copper/mining and urban/migrant workers in Northern Rhodesia, but hit rice/peasant agriculture and provoked rural rebellion in Burma.
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