Africa - The Conquest
The new medicine of quinine protected Europeans from this deadly disease.
Malaria
What was the primary resource extracted out of the Congo?
Rubber
This item was traded illegally by the British to the Chinese.
Opium
This tiny island of China became property of Britian and grew into one of the world's most improtant financial cities.
Hong Kong
This technology allowed Europeans to travel deep into the African interior using the river system.
Steamships
Conference that determined the rules for the conquest of Africa occured in this Eruopean capital in 1884.
Berlin
This Beligian monarch is associated with the attrocities that occured throughout the Congo in the late 1800s.
Leopold II
By the 1800s this item was the largest trade good that the British purchased from China.
Tea
This treay ended the Opium Wars
Treaty of Nanjing
A territory that co-ruled by two or more European countries.
Condominium
Form of conquest when Europeans conquered territory but allowed the initial leadership of the region to remain so long as they paid taxes and were loyal to their European power.
Indirect Rule
This route, built by the French, but controlled by the British, connected the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, dramatically reducing the distance ships needed to travel to go from Europe to Asia.
Suez Canal
British Monrach who, despite being requested by the Chinese, refused to give up the lucrative opium trade.
Queen Victoria
Term used in Chinese history to describe the events that occured in China at the hands of foreign powers during the 1800s.
Century of Humiliation
Much of SE Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) were controlled by:
France
Widely held European belief that it was their duty to bring “civilization” to uncivilized people throughout the world.
White Man's Burden
This Militia force, hired by Belgian's monarch, carried out the many atrocities committed in the Congo.
Force Publique
Military strategy used by the British fleet to decimate Chinese coastal cities during the Opium Wars.
Gunship Diplomacy
The protections given to European traders after the Opium Wars which prtected them from laws and punishments in China.
Extraterritorial Rights
China's culture toward the rest of the world was _____________, meaning China believed their culture was superior to everyone else.
Ethnocentric
What 3 things needed to be accomplished for a European country to claim territory in Africa?
- sign a traty with locals
- fly their flag
- set up administration
What are the 3 main reasons European control of Africa in the 1800s set the stage for future hardships for many countries in Africa?
1. Took the best land for cash crops
2. Did not build meaningful infrastructure
3. Provided no opportunities for education and training of African peoples
The only trade port opened to the west prior to the Opium Wars.
Canton
Agreement made between America and European powers to share access to China's economy, rather than divide it up like Africa.
Open-Door Policy
The worldview that Europeans used to justify why they had the "right" to control large areas of Africa & Asia.
Social Darwinism