Terms
What does Imperialism mean?
Taking over other countries, territory, people, and resources.
True of False:
"Monkey bombs" were used during the Opium Wars in China.
False. There was no actual evidence that this plan was carried out, but the idea of using monkey bombs was proposed.
*DAILY QUADRUPLE*
True or False: At one point, Great Britain controlled about 90% of all the landmass on Earth.
False. They did control about 80% of all the landmass on Earth, though.
Prior to 1870, about what percentage of land in Africa was under European control?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 30%
A. 10%
Explain what Manifest Destiny refers to?
What does Assimilation mean?
To integrate oneself into another culture or society. Under imperialism, assimilation was often one group forcing their beliefs, customs, traditions, and way of life onto another group that they feel is inferior.
Why did Great Britain decide to unite the kingdoms in India into one centralized government?
To make it easier to control. Controlling one government is easier than controlling multiple kingdoms with different governments.
True or False:
The two Opium Wars were fought between only Great Britain and China.
False. During the second Opium War, other western nations, such as France, Russia, and the United States were able to participate in the war in order to secure trade rights in China for themselves.
*DAILY TRIPLE*
What was the first country to take control of the territory in the interior parts of Africa known as the Congo?
A. Britain
B. Germany
C. Belgium
D. France
C. Belgium
True of False:
The Spanish-America war began after Spain blew up the U.S. Maine warship.
False. Spain was not the cause of the warship exploding. It's more likely that an internal issue caused the ship to explode.
Closing the ports and borders of a nation in order to resist outside influences of religion, traditions, cultures, and societies.
What did the emperor of China do that led to the first Opium War with Great Britain?
Hint: something similar happened during the American Revolution.
The emperor ordered the destruction of 20,000 chests full of opium.
What product allowed Great Britain to control China's economy and eventually led to two different wars.
Opium
What is the name of the canal that the French built in Africa after getting permission from the Ottoman Empire?
The Suez Canal
This country was purchased by the U.S. from Spain after the Spanish-American War.
A. Cuba
B. Indonesia
C. Philippines
D. Singapore
C. Philippines
What does Pan-asianism mean?
This country was responsible for killing over 200,000 people in a six week period in China.
Japan
At one point, Germany controlled the ______ land in Africa.
A. most
B. second most
C. third most
C. third most
*DAILY DOUBLE*
What three things in Africa were Europeans looking to benefit from once they were able to get into the interior of the continent?
1. Ports for easier access to colonies
2. Canal building potential for faster access between Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
3. Raw materials such as gold, silver, ivory, rubber, palm oil, coco, diamonds, tea, and tin.
What was the primary reason why the U.S. wanted control of island territories like Hawaii?
The location of the islands provided a great military strategic advantage over countries like China and Japan. It allowed the U.S. to "keep and eye on them".
What does Mercantilism mean?
When a country establishes colonies or territories that provide resources and raw materials for the colonizing/mother country. Colonies cannot trade with other colonies or countries and can only export resources back to the colonizing/mother country.
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Who was responsible for signing the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that resulted in the Trail of Tears.
President Andrew Jackson