People
Missionary explorer in the African interior
David Livingstone
Gave Westerners who broke Chinese law the right to be tried in their own national courts
extraterritoriality
Most postiive result of imperialism
missionary outreach
Branded like animals to show ownership
slaves
King of Belgium who set off the European nations in trying to control Africa
King Leopold II
Missionary to the cannibals of West Africa
Mary Slessor
English missionary instrumental in sending missionaries to China
Hudson Taylor
Elite army group that encouraged French imperialism
Foreign Legion
Boers of South Africa were descendants of what European nationality
Dutch
Captain James Cook
Wealthy British who dreamed of British territory running from "Cape to Cairo"
Cecil Rhodes
The Dynasty that ruled China during the Opium Wars
Manchu
Two positive results of imperialism
*left behind democratic governments
*established modern judicial systems
*built schools, hospitals, railroads, industry and technology
*shared the gospel
The term for the race between the European nations for control of Africa
Scramble for Africa
Purchase of territory from France by Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
US Naval Commander that opened the doors to trade with Japan
Matthew Perry
Chinese wanting to eliminate Western influence so they destroyed bridges and railroads and murdered Westerners and Chinese Christians
Boxer Rebellion
Two negative results of imperialism
*exploiting the natives
*leaving the land economically drained
*creating borders without regard to native boundaries and loyalties
*sometimes they left behind armies and dictators that controlled the people unfairly
Translated the Bible into 20 Indian dialects
Wiliiam Carey
What culture system did the Dutch impose on the West Indies?
Using 1/5 of their land and 1/5 of their time to grow crops for the Dutch
Explored the Congo and was hired by a newspaper to find another explorer in the African interior
Henry Stanley
War between Great Britain and China that began over the opium trade and ended with a treaty opening Chinese ports to foreign merchants
Opium Wars
Two reasons for imperialism
*expansion of industrialism and the demand for raw materials and new markets
*intense nationalism
*"humanitarianism" /to spread Western culture (education, medical care, industry, technology)
*Christian missions
Percentage of slaves that died on the voyage across the Atlantic
1 in 4 or 25%
What kept America from being isolated in world affairs?
foreign trade and investments by merchants and businessmen