General
Africa
Asia
India
Middle East
100
The domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
What is Imperialism
100
King Leopold II/other wealthy Belgians exploited this country for its copper, rubber, and ivory. Laborers were savagely beaten or mutilated. Infamous country for having hands cut off by soldiers.
What is the Congo
100
Conflict between China and Britain that was named after a certain drug the Chinese government outlawed. Led to China accepting a series of "unequal treaties"
What is The Opium War
100
THIS group handled Britain's commercial interests in India, but also had political interests. Their main goal was to make money but did work to improve roads, and preserve peace.
What is the British East India Company
100
The three Muslim empires who ruled much of the world in the 1500's.
What is The Ottomans, the Safavids, and the Mughals
200
A form of imperial rule where country has its own government in place but under the control of an outside power.
What is a protectorate
200
These two African countries resisted European colonization and were able to maintain their independence.
What is Ethiopia and Liberia
200
Japan began to modernize and joined western imperialists in the competition for an empire. The pressure Japan put on China led to THIS war, ending in disaster for China, with Japan gaining the island of Taiwan.
What is the Sino-Japanese War
200
Name of the Indian soldiers in Britain's military who were required to serve in not just India, but anywhere overseas.
What is sepoys
200
Waterway in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Was eventually taken over by Great Britain when Egypt was unable to repay their loans.
What is The Suez Canal
300
Another form of imperial rule in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges of a certain area.
What is sphere of influence
300
This conflict lasted from 1899-1902. It involved Britain and these people who were descendants of Dutch settlers. The discovery of gold and diamonds in their lands led to this conflict. Britain won but at a great cost.
What is the Boer War
300
Probably the most devastating peasant revolt in history. This revolt lasted 14 years, and almost toppled the Qing dynasty.
What is the Taiping Rebellion
300
The system of colonial rule in India. One Britain governed in the name of the queen, British officials held the top positions in the civil service and army, and then left Indians to fill most of the other jobs.
What is the British Raj
300
Brutal slaughtering of THESE Christian people by the Turkish nationalists. These people also sought to have their own state and get out from under the repressive Ottoman policies and the Sultan
What is the Armenian Genocide
400
An 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling that summarizes his view of the duties of imperial nations.
What is The White Man's Burden
400
This was an international conference of European powers held in Germany in 1884. It was designed to avoid bloodshed in Africa, but no Africans were invited to the conference. nearly 20 years after this conference, European powers partitioned almost all of Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference
400
An anti-foreign revolt in 1899-1900. This revolt got its name from westerners watching These people train in the martial arts. The goal of this revolt was to drive westerners out of China.
What is the Boxer Uprising
400
What were the results of the Sepoy Rebellion
Britain first took revenge by torching villages and slaughtering thousands of Indians. Britain ended the rule of the East India Company and put India directly under the British crown. it slowed (?) down the reforms that angered the Hindus and Muslims, but continued to develop India for Britain's own economic benefit.
400
"father of modern Egypt". He was a soldier who was appointed governor of Egypt by the Ottomans. He introduced a number of political and economic reforms and had set Egypt on the road to becoming a major Middle Eastern power.
Who was Muhammad Ali
500
The four main causes of Imperialism
What are The Industrial Revolution (need for natural resources), Nationalism (competing countries), duty to spread western blessings, Social Darwinism (only strongest survive, improving human species.
500
This man supported British imperialism. He helped Britain extend its African empire by more than 1,000,000 square miles and had a British colony named after him. He helped promote the policy of the separation of races in southern Africa. He was also big in the diamond and gold mining and was one of the richest men in the world.
Who is Cecil Rhodes
500
A United States policy to keep Chinese trade open to everyone on an equal basis. Implemented when all of the western powers were carving up spheres of influence.
What is The Open Door Policy
500
One positive and one negative impact of British rule in India
Positive: brought degree of peace and order to the countryside. Revised the legal system, created railroads, telegraph and postal system, built a sense of national unity. Negative: flooded India with inexpensive textiles ruining India's prosperous hand-weaving industry. Massive deforestation, Rapid population growth leading to a terrible famine. Exploited India as a market and for natural resources.
500
The Ottoman empire had decayed because of these three reasons
What are nationalist revolts, European pressure, and efforts to westernize
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