Imperialism
Economic cause for imperialism
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This is the meeting that settled territorial disputes over Africa
What is the Berlin Conference
Two Europeans with the largest pieces of Africa
What are France and Britain?
Company which came to dominate and control most of India
What is the East India Company? (Or the British East India Company)
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy and military force
What is imperialism?
Two economic advantages of colonies
What are natural resources/raw materials and markets to sell to?
Called the Berlin Conference
Who is German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck?
Explain why control of Egypt was important to Britain’s imperial strategy
What is the Suez Canal provided Britain with a direct route to its colonies in the Far East?
Indian soldiers serving in the British East India Company's military
What are sepoys?
Having pride in one's country
What is nationalism?
Technological innovations that helped the European expansion into Africa
What is the Maxim gun and the steamboat/engine?
The belief that Europeans had a duty to "civilize" non-European nations.
What is the White Man's Burden?
Name the region of Africa that King Leopold II of Belgium explored, and name two resources he desired from the region
What is the Congo (Congo Free State), and what are rubber, copper, and ivory?
The causes of the Sepoy Rebellion and its effects
What are military and cultural/religious grievances?
What is a violent uprising and transfer of power from the EIC to the country of Britain?
European countries sent their own people to rule colonies, as practiced by the French
What is direct rule?
Name a positive and a negative impact of imperialism
Positive - European economies grew, infrastructure developed in Africa, and healthcare and education.
Negative - Africa is divided into 50 pieces, African culture is destroyed, Africa is stripped of its natural resources, and Africa's economy is harmed
By 1902, how much of Africa was under European control?
What is 90%
Name of the conflict when the British fought the Dutch colonists in South Africa, and the result of the conflict
What are the Boer Wars? What is Great Britain gained control of the Boer territory?
The name given for when the country of Britain took over the regions in India that the EIC controlled
What is the British Raj?
The application of "survival of the fittest" to human societies, arguing that stronger nations were biologically destined to dominate "weaker" ones
What is Social Darwinism?
These are the four causes of imperialism
What is:
1-Economic Interests
2- Political and Military Interests
3- Humanitarian Goals
4- Social Darwinism
These were the only free states in Africa by 1914
What is Liberia and Ethiopia
Where the French and Germans had a couple of crises as the German Chancellor was testing the Anglo-French alliance.
What is Morocco?
The Indian group that promoted self-government
What is the Indian National Congress?
A weaker territory or state that is protected and partly controlled by a stronger, more powerful nation
What is a protectorate?