Expanding Empires
A strong devotion to one's country.
What is nationalism?
It was said that during her reign that "the sun never sets on the British Empire."
Who was Queen Victoria?
A set-aside area.
What is a compound?
An elected legislature.
What is a parliament?
A person who promotes imperialism.
What is an imperialist?
A system of building an empire by conquering lands around the world.
What is imperialism?
The clever prime minister of Prussia who led them in three wars to unify Germany.
Who was Otto Von Bismarck?
The process of bringing ways and standards to those of the present.
What is modernization?
A self-governing nation with strong ties to a ruling empire.
What is a dominion?
Asian port cities that were open to trade with Western countries.
What was a treaty port?
Indochina was colonized by this European country.
What is France?
The new leader of Japan - the forward-looking emperor who took power when the last shogun handed over his power in 1868.
Who was Meiji?
In 1839 this war broke out between China and Great Britain when the British refused to stop importing a drug into China.
What was the Opium War?
The largest and most powerful German state that led the fight for German unification with victories over Denmark, Austria & France.
What was Prussia?
Commodore Matthew Perry demanded that this country begin trading with the United States.
What is Japan?
British colony whose ruler in charge was called the Raj - called it the "jewel in the crown."
What is India?
DAILY DOUBLE He became Canada's first prime minister.
Who was Sir John MacDonald?
U.S. president who won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping Japan & Russia agree to a peace treaty in 1905.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Italian leader who fought to unify Italy - he gathered a small army known as the "Redshirts."
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?
Waterway dug by the French in 1859 through Egypt, linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean.
What is the Suez Canal?
In 1885, King Leopold II of Belgium set up this colony of Central Africa with himself as ruler.
What was the Congo Free State?
British empire-builder who believed Europeans were better than non-Europeans.
Who was Cecil Rhodes?
The United States, which also was interested in China, set up this policy where every country had equal opportunity to trade with China.
What was the Open Door Policy?
He led efforts to draw up a constitution for Australia and he served as Australia's first prime minister.
Who was Sir Edmund Barton?
DAILY DOUBLE This country served as a role model for Germans & Italians who wanted their own countries.
What is Greece?