Imperialism in Africa
This country started European imperialism in Africa by taking over the Congo.
Belgium
This sountry was nicknamed "The Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire".
India
This island nation was annexed by the United States so that the sugan companies there would no longer hve to pay tarrifs.
Hawai'i
This rebellion happened in Africa where the leader, Shaka, led his people against the British but ultimately failed due to the superior technology of Europen weaponry.
Zulu Rebellion
Who is Mr. O'Brien's favorite fictional movie character?
Indiana Jones
This meeting in Germany was teended by 14 European nations to decide the best way to divide Africa and keep European Nations from going to war.
Berlin Conference
Russia lost a war to this nation, which became the only colonizing country in Asia.
Japan
This country was once the most powerful nation in the world, but by the 1890's only had a few colonies left in the Americas.
Spain
These wars started because China wanted England to stop shipping highy addictive drugs into their country.
Opium Wars
What sports did Mr. O'Brien play in high school?
Football and Track & Field.
This War was fought between England and Dutch settlers in South Africa.
THe Boer War
Which company dominated trade in South East Asia during this time period?
Dutch East India Company.
In which country were the first battles of the Spanish American War?
The Phillipines
This rebellion was led by Chinese martial artists and only has the name in does because the British didn't have a term for that style of fighting.
The Boxer Rebellion
What country did Mr. O'Brien first work as an archaeologist?
Jordan
This monarch from Ethiopia kept his country free by playing Russia and Italy against each other and ultimately defeating Italy in a war.
Menelik II
The United States forced this country to open it borders which resulted in that country having a Civil War known as the Boshin War.
Japan
This future president became a household name during the Spanish American War because of his calvary group named the "Rough Riders".
Theodore Roosevelt.
This rebellion resulted in the British East India Company losing control of India only to be replaced by the British government taking complete control of India.
Sepoy Rebellion
Mr O'Brien has spend the last several weeks watching movies to prepare for this event on March 15th.
The Academy Awards (Oscars)
This invention allowed European colonizers to travel into the interior of Africa for the first time.
THe Steam Engine
These were the names of the Indian soldiers that the British East Asia Company hired to protect their goods and enforce labor.
Sepoys
By the end of the Spanish American war, the United States had gained control of Cuba, the Phillipines, Puerto Rico and this island territory.
Guam
After the Spanish America War, this Fillipino revolutionary started a 3 year long rebellion against the United States when the US refused to grant independence to the Phillipines.
Emilio Aguinaldo
What was the first school that Mr. O'Brien taught at and what subject did he teach?
Neil Hafley and Music