Nationalist Movements
Balance of Power
Motives for Imperialism
Events in Imperialism
Legacy of Imperialism
100

A country in which one nation governs itself is known as this.

Nation-state

100

National unification movements in these TWO countries significantly disrupted the balance of power in Europe.

Italy and Germany

100

The Industrial Revolution and growth of factories created a greater need for these two things.

New resources and new markets

100

The drive for this material led to forced labor, slavery, and crimes against humanity in the Congo.

Rubber

100

This country entered into imperialism very late, but managed to turn into a continental superpower by modernizing and industrializing.

Japan

200

The red-shirted leader who led rebels to conquer southern Italy, but gave it up to the northern King of Sardinia in order to unify the nation.

Garibaldi

200

The competition over balance of power continued to play out in territory around the world in this age that lasted from 1850 to 1914.

Imperialism

200

European countries claimed that imperialism would bring this to their colonies.

Civilization

200

The “jewel in the crown” of the British Empire.

India

200

The construction of this form of transportation in many European colonies was one of the only benefits to come out of imperialism, as it created better connection between regions.

Railroads

300

The Greeks declared their independence from this empire and formed their own nation-state.

Ottoman Empire

300

This 1884 meeting attempted to bring the balance of power to the colonization of Africa.

Berlin Conference

300

The belief that the number of colonies a country possessed was a measure of their people's glory was mainly driven by this "-ism".

Nationalism

300

This military conflict between Britain and China occurred over the illegal smuggling of drugs that caused addiction among the Chinese people.

Opium Wars

300

This Chinese resistance movement was a failure, but laid the foundation for Chinese nationalism and future revolutions against foreign influence.

Boxer Rebellion
400

The proclamation of this new nation-state in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles created bad blood that would last for decades.

German Empire

400

This Mediterranean empire had already been struggling for centuries before nationalist movements sent it into further decline.

Ottoman Empire

400

The competition for colonies was another way of creating this balance among the European countries.

Balance of Power or Power

400

This Russian military conflict in the 1800s was the FIRST sign that Russia needed to modernize in order to survive as a major world power. 

Crimean War

400

The drawing of borders in Africa without regard to this during the age of imperialism has led to continued conflicts in the region through the modern day.

Ethnic groups

500

The policy enacted by the Russian Empire in an attempt to control nationalist groups by banning their languages and cultures.

Russification

500

Nationalist movements caused this empire to divide into 2 sections and give itself this new name.

Austro-Hungarian Empire

500

The application of biological theory of evolution to the areas of race and society led to this justification for imperialism.

Social Darwinism

500

Japan defeated both China and Russia in order to maintain exclusive control over this colony.

Korea

500

In most colonized areas, the destruction of this in favor of "superior" European ideas was one of the major negative effects of imperialism.

Culture or Way of Life

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