The transition from rural, agrarian economies to urban-based factory production
What is Industrial Revolution
100
What riches were sought after in South Africa
What are gold and diamonds
100
What trading company was owned by the Netherlands?
What is the Dutch East India Trading Company
100
This British official once said, "the entire native literature of India and Arabia was not worth a single shelf of a good European library"
Who is Thomas Macaulay
100
This country colonized most of Meso-America and decimated indigenous populations as a consequence of this violent colonization
What is Spain
200
The territorial conquest, occupation, and direct control of one country by another
What is Colonialism
200
What is the late nineteenth century European conquest of Africa is often referred to as?
What is the "Scramble for Africa"
200
Who had a huge influence in the spice trade out of the Southeast Asian islands?
Who are the Dutch
200
This captured Inca ruler was given the choice of being burned at the stake or being baptized and subsequently strangled after giving all of his riches to his Spanish captors
Who is Atahualpa
200
This country is considered the largest exception in the history of colonialism; it was colonized by the British, French, Dutch, Russians, and Spanish yet is a First World country today
What is the United States of America
300
Received monopoly commercial rights from a state ruler for the purpose of promoting trade and exploration in a specific geographic area
What are Chartered Companies
300
Which two countries had no political or economic interests in Africa, yet ended up with vast African colonies?
Who are Belgium and Portugal
300
What was the name of the trading company of British North America?
What is the Hudson's Bay Company
300
This German chancellor convened the Berlin conference in 1884 with other European powers to agree on ground rules for dividing up Africa
Who is Otto von Bismarck
300
This country was one of the few that successfully fought colonization during the "Scramble for Africa"
What is Ethiopia
400
A political and economic system by which wealthy and powerful states control the political and economic life of other societies. Usually involves long-distance commercial ties and sometimes direct political ties
What is Imperialism
400
The British goal of civilizing Africans in their colonies but the French approach was to make them what?
What are "black Frenchmen"
400
What company gained control of the Bengal Province in 1765?
What is the English East India Company
400
Who pursued a vast amount of land in present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo for his interests alone (not his country's)
Who is King Leopold II
400
This country was forced to use indirect rule rather than direct rule in their colonies due to their inability to break the power of local African rulers in Northern Nigeria
What is Britain
500
The perpetuation of exploitative economic relationships between a developed and a developing country, despite the developing country having political interdependence
What is Neo-Colonialism
500
What fortified European forces against malaria and allowed them to continue to explore and expand their colonies in Africa?
What is quinine
500
Through the late 1600s exports of African slaves to the Americas increased enormously due to increased demand for what?
What is sugarcane
500
This Portuguese sailor turned Europe's contact with Asia into a relationship of trade
Who is Vasco de Gama
500
Diamond baron Cecil Rhodes used his British South Africa Company to seize these two countries