Imperialism Basics
This term describes when a powerful nation takes over a weaker one.
👉 What is imperialism?
This British official founded the colony of Singapore.
👉 Who is Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles?
This country was the only European power to lose to an African state.
👉 What is Italy?
This emotion or ideology often fueled resistance against imperial rule.
👉 What is nationalism?
This waterway was critical for faster trade between Europe and Asia.
👉 What is the Suez Canal?
This was a major economic reason why European countries pursued imperialism.
👉 What is the search for raw materials or economic gains?
This was the only Southeast Asian country to stay independent during European imperialism.
👉 What is Thailand?
This person aimed to connect British colonies in Africa with a railway.
👉 Who is Cecil Rhodes?
Colonial powers discouraged this type of local economic development in order to keep colonies dependent.
👉 What is industrialization?
This Egyptian leader modernized the military, education, and industry.
👉 Who is Muhammad Ali?
This concept was used to justify imperialism, claiming that stronger nations had the right to dominate weaker ones.
👉 What is Social Darwinism?
France got involved in Vietnam to protect these religious figures.
Who are Christian missionaries
This meeting divided African land among European powers without African input.
👉 What is the Berlin Conference?
This group of settlers in South Africa were descendants of the original Dutch colonists.
👉 Who are the Boers?
By 1914, Britain had turned Egypt into what to control the Suez Canal?
👉 What is a protectorate?
This type of rule allows local leaders to keep their positions under foreign control.
👉 What is indirect rule?
This was the main concern of the Vietnamese about Christianity.
👉 What is it threatened Confucian beliefs?
This Belgian king was the force behind colonizing Central Africa.
👉 Who is King Leopold?
This term means incorporating a territory into an existing country.
👉 What is annexation?
This was the main reason European powers wanted control of the Suez Canal.
👉 What is to shorten trade routes between Europe and Asia?
This movement in Vietnam resisted French rule without support from the emperor.
👉 What is the Can Vuong movement?
This major difference separated direct from indirect rule.
👉 What is replacing local leaders with European officials in direct rule?
This explorer wanted to open Africa to trade and Christianity by finding navigable rivers.
👉 Who is David Livingstone?
This long-term result of imperialism still impacts today’s global economy and trade.
👉 What is continued reliance on products from former colonies or unequal trade relationships?
Three things that Westerners favored but did not apply to the colonies?
👉 What is democracy, political freedom, and equality