Causes
This ideology claimed that stronger nations were biologically destined to dominate weaker ones.
What is Social Darwinism?
Britain and China went to war because China wanted to prevent the import of which item?
What is opium?
This Indian political party formed in 1885 to push for greater self-rule.
What is the Indian National Congress?
This waterway, completed in 1869, dramatically increased global migration and trade.
What is the Panama Canal?
"Citrine" is a shade of this color.
What is yellow?
This term describes the national pride that encouraged European nations to compete for colonies to show strength and glory.
What is nationalism?
This term describes underdeveloped nations that invest heavily in exporting a single crop, such as cotton or sugar.
What is a banana republic?
This movement in Qing China sought to modernize the military and industry without fully westernizing.
What is the Self-Strengthening Movement?
Immigrants to new countries would often reside in these areas where others spoke the same language and participated in traditions from their origin country.
What are ethnic enclaves?
Name three cartoons that originally aired on Nickelodeon before the year 2000.
What are (ex. Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, etc.)?
Besides national pride and biological superiority, this was another cause of the Age of Imperialism.
What is (ex. demand for resources, industrialization, etc.)?
This 1885 meeting divided Africa among European powers, leading to the infamous "Scramble for Africa."
What is the Berlin Conference?
This 1900 Chinese uprising targeted foreigners and Christians, and was eventually suppressed by Europeans and the Qing government.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This migration pattern, common throughout the world in this period, involved rural workers moving to cities for factory jobs.
What is urbanization?
Name two Nascar drivers.
Who are (ex. Bubba Watson, ...?)
This phrase, which originates from a British poem, encouraged imperial expansion as a moral duty to care for less civilized nations.
What is "White Man's Burden?"
This 1898 treaty leased Chinese ports to foreign powers and granted extraterritorial rights, leading to more foreign resentment.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
This 1857 rebellion by Indian soldiers protested British rule (and cultural insensitivity).
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
This 1882 U.S. law restricted immigration from a specific Asian country.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
These are two of the three only quarterbacks to win a Superbowl in the past 5 years NOT named Patrick Mahomes (going to 2021 SB).
Who are Sam Darnold, Jalen Hurts, and Matthew Stafford?
This free-trade ideology, originally developed by Adam Smith, was used to create large multinational corporations.
What is laissez-faire?
This U.S. policy justified intervention in Latin America to stabilize economic interests.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Led by Jose Rizal, this revolt against Spain later turned into resistance against the United States.
What is the Philippine Revolution?
This 19th-century Irish crisis caused mass emigration to the United States, leading to more nativist policies there.
What is the Potato Famine?
The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club. This is the second rule of fight club.
What is you do not talk about Fight Club?