Africa
European Imperialists
Muslim Lands
British in India
Terms and Final Jeopardy
100
The belief that one race is superior to another is
What is racism?
100
These are three advantages European nations had over Africans
What is Weapons, communications, transportation?
100
This was an empire that was losing power over the Middle East, causing Europeans to want to grab land
What is the Ottoman Empire?
100
This was the British company that set up outposts in India
What is The British East India Company?
100
Dutch settlers of South Africa
What are Boers?
200
The takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating it
What is Imperialism?
200
This was a serious war between the British and Dutch settlers from Africa
What is the Boer War?
200
an interest in taking lands for their strategic location
What is geopolitics?
200
Indian soldiers who worked for the British East India Tea Company
What are Sepoys?
200
The human-made waterway that connects the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
What is the Suez Canal?
300
The nation in Africa that was discussed as having one of the highest wealth in Africa.
What is South Africa?
300
This meeting in 1884-1885 had Europeans deciding the fate of Africans without any African representatives
What is The Berlin Conference?
300
The leader of Egypt who began reforms to modernize its military and economy
Who was Muhammad Ali?
300
This was the nickname that the British gave to India because it considered it very valuable
What is the Jewel in the Crown?
300
Policy of governing people in a parental way by providing for their needs but not giving them rights.
What is paternalism?
400
a fierce warrior group in Africa led by Shaka
Who were the Zulus?
400
The social theory that survival of the fittest applied to human beings as well
What is Social Darwinism?
400
A war based on geopolitics between Russia and the Ottomans
What is the Crimean War?
400
This transportation technology made India very valuable
What is the Railroad?
400
The period of British rule over India from 1757 until 1947.
What is Raj?
500
These two things were discovered in South Africa and really motivated European Imperialism
What is gold and diamonds?
500
A policy pushed by the French to have the local people become absorbed into French culture
What is assimilation?
500
This nation's strategic location at the head of the Red Sea appeared valuable to France and Britain
What is Egypt?
500
This is what Sepoy soldiers believed their cartridges were sealed with
What is beef and pork fat?
500
Monarch who commissioned reporter Henry Stanley to obtain land in the Congo in his name
Who was Leopold II of Belgium?
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