Motives for Imperialism
Main goal for European Imperialism.
What is to make money?
This joint stock company controlled India until 1857.
What is the British East India Company?
This 1884-1885 meeting of European leaders established rules for dividing Africa among European powers.
What is The Berlin Conference?
The invention of the bicycle made this resource in very high demand?
What is rubber?
Europeans wanted to create overseas naval bases in order to supply their ships with this resource.
What is coal?
Two religions that were pitted against one another so that the British could gain power. (Must have both religions for credit)
What are Hinduism and Islam?
Country that King Leopold imperialized for its rubber supply?
What is the Congo?
Westerners made humanitarian efforts by spreading this religion.
What is Christianity?
This time period caused European nations to seeks natural resources and raw materials.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This Indian industry was destroyed after the British forced India to grow cash crops and buy British goods instead.
What is the textile industry?
Competition among European nations to claim territory and resources in Africa during the late 1800s is known by this term.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
This man was not only responsible for unifying Germany, but also for calling a meeting to peacefully divide up Africa for European control.
Who is Otto Von Bismarck?
The duty or responsibility that Westerner’s felt to, “spread the blessings of Western civilization and culture.”
What is the White Man's Burden?
This event is considered a turning point in India's history because the British Crown took direct control of India.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
Provide one of two countries that successfully resisted African Imperialism.
What are Ethiopia or Liberia?
This canal in Africa helped European countries reduce travel time to get to their colonies in Asia.
What is the Suez Canal?
Application of the ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest to human societies and nations
What is Social Darwinism?
This cultural/religious practice of a widow throwing herself on a funeral pyre was outlawed by the British.
What is suttee or sati?
Explorer who helped King Leopold navigate Africa and found David Livingstone?
Who is Henry Morton Stanley?
Colonial military and police force in the Congo Free State and later the Belgian Congo that forced the people to harvest their resources.
What is the Force Publique?