Southeast Asia/Pacific
Siam served as a neutral zone between which two colonies?
French Indochina and British Burma
Where did European leaders meet to plan the division of Africa?
Berlin
What U.S. law was an important part of the story of how Hawaii became part of the U.S.?
The McKinley Tariff Act
What is one of the advantages of direct control?
easier to put down rebellions, don't have to trust local leaders, potentially a better market for finished goods
quinine
What did King Mongkut do to help Siam remain independent?
self-modernize/Westernize
What allowed Europeans to better navigate African rivers?
the steam engine
What was unique about the sugar arriving in the U.S. from Hawaii between 1875 and 1890, the year the McKinley Tariff Act took effect?
it was tariff free
The Sepoy Mutiny highlighted which negative of indirect control for Europeans?
Difficult to put down rebellions if they break out
What product did merchants introduce into Chinese markets that eventually resulted in conflict?
opium
Who colonized what would become Indonesia?
The Dutch
Europeans struggled to make it to the interior of Africa in large part due to which disease?
malaria
Why were sugar producers in Hawaii able to get special status when shipping to the U.S.?
most of them were wealthy American businessmen
Aside from rebellions, what is another risk for European countries opting for indirect control?
if local leaders betray the agreements
How did the Sepoy Rebellion change how India was ruled?
the British crown took over control from the East India Co.
Laos, Cambodia, and _______ made up what was once French Indochina.
Vietnam
What obstacle did the maxim gun allow Europeans to overcome?
powerful tribal armies
How did the McKinley Tariff Act negatively impact the profits of Hawaiian sugar producers?
It eliminated the sugar tariff for everyone
What term explains the belief that with direct control the local population will be be better market for finished European goods.
assimilation
What is a territory with its own internal government but that is under the control of an outside power?
protectorate
The largest territory that Spain ceded (turned over) to the U.S. as a result of the Spanish-American War was?
the Philippines
What were the two most important economic motives for Europeans wanting to control interior African territories?
raw materials and new markets
What did sugar planters in Hawaii expect to gain if Hawaii were to be annexed by the U.S.?
a 2 cents/pound bounty
Because of one of the problems with indirect control, the British were forced to send reinforcements from which nearby colonial territory as a result of the Sepoy Rebellion?
Burma
British East India Company rule over India was an example of which form of colonial relationship?
economic imperialism