Vocabulary & Terms
This term describes when a strong nation takes over a weaker territory for its resources, and wants to expand its borders to grow its Empire.
(What is Imperialism?)
European factories had a "hunger" for these items, such as rubber, gold, and oil.
(What are Raw Materials?)
India was given this "royal" nickname because it was Great Britain’s most valuable colony.
(What is the Jewel in the Crown?)
Great Britain smuggled this addictive drug into China to make a profit.
(What is Opium?)
This "Revolution" created the need for more resources and better weapons, leading to Imperialism.
(What was the Industrial Revolution?)
This "meeting" in 1884 is where European leaders divided up Africa without inviting any African leaders.
(What was the Berlin Conference?)
This African leader from Ethiopia successfully defeated Italian invaders by modernizing his army.
(Who was Menelik II?)
To move resources out of India quickly, the British built a massive network of these.
(What are Railroads?)
This was the main reason China lost the Opium Wars to Great Britain.
(What is Superior Industrial Technology/Better Weapons?)
Did the Imperialist Powers view Africans as Equal human beings?
NO
This theory used "survival of the fittest" to justify why Europeans should rule over other nations.
(What is Social Darwinism?)
This automatic machine gun gave European armies a massive advantage over African resistance forces.
(What is the Maxim Gun?)
This was the main reason the British wanted to sell their finished products to the people of India.
(What is a New Market/New Customers?)
This treaty, which ended the first Opium War, was seen as "unfair" because it gave Britain control of Hong Kong.
(What was the Treaty of Nanjing?)
This causes describes the building up of huge armies to protect new colonies.
What is Millitarism
Instead of a full colony, this term describes a region in China where a foreign nation had exclusive trading rights.
(What is a Sphere of Influence?)
Because of the Berlin Conference, borders in Africa were drawn without regard for...
(What are The People(s) that lived there)
One way that Indians resisted British Imperialism was
(What is Violent Revolts, or Peaceful Protests, or Boycotting British Goods)
This U.S. policy argued that all nations should have equal access to trade in China.
(What was the Open Door Policy?)
Besides resources, European nations wanted colonies to gain this—a sense of being the #1 country in the world.
(What is National Prestige?)
This term refers to intense pride in your country and the desire to make it the most powerful in the world.
(What is Nationalism?)
This transport invention allowed Europeans to travel deep into the interior of Africa against the river currents.
(What is the Steamship?)
This was a negative economic effect where Indian farmers were forced to grow things like cotton instead of food.
(What is a Cash Crop?)
The Plant that Opium is derived from
(What is the Poppy Flower)
What is Liberia and Ethiopia