Motives for Imperialislm
This motive for imperialism prompted the spread of Christianity
What is religious?
The Belgian King Leopold II very cruelly ruled this region as his personal colony, using it for its natural resources like rubber
What is the Congo?
The British introduced this product to the Chinese to improve its unfavorable balance of trade
What is opium?
The US first expanded beyond the continental 48 with the acquisition of this territory
What is Alaska?
This country forced the Japanese to open up to trade with the West
What is the United States?
The racist idea that some races are superior to others, named after a famous scientist
What is Social Darwinism?
This group of people were not present at the Berlin Conference
Who are Africans?
The time of political unrest in China when thousands of Chinese citizens attacked foreigners and the Chinese who supported them
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
The United States started a separatist revolt in this area in order to get rights to a canal
What is Panama?
The foreign policy employed by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854 when he used warships to threaten to Japanese
What is gunboat diplomacy?
This historical development prompted the European Powers to imperialize
What is the industrial revolution?
The British colonized Egypt due to its proximity to this man-made feature
What is the Suez Canal?
The idea that each imperial power in China should have equal trading rights with the Chinese
What is the Open Door Policy?
The United States launched the Spanish-American War in 1898 due to its economic interests in this, Spanish-controlled territory
What is Cuba?
This conflict gave the Japanese control over Korea and Taiwan
What is the Sino-Japanese War?
This motivation prompted European powers to desire to build the greatest and most powerful empire
What is International Competition/Political?
The union of British and Boer lands into one colony led to the development of this South African institution
What is apartheid?
The Chinese lost these two territories to the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894
What are Taiwan and Korea?
What is Hawaii?
The government of Japan that kept it isolated from the world for 200 years
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
The idea that Europeans had a moral obligation to help civilize native Africans
Who is Cecil Rhodes?
This treaty ended the Opium Wars and gave the foreigners in China extraterritorial rights
What is the Treaty of Nanjing/Nanking?
The US foreign policy in which American companies bought the debt of LA countries and the government would assure them of payment in various ways, usually through military intervention and control.
What is dollar diplomacy?
What is the Meiji Restoration?