General
The primary reasons for European Imperialism were? (2 things)
Raw materials and new markets
India was a colony of this empire for roughly 200 years.
What is Great Britain?
After years of Unequal Treaties suffered in China, a group of fighters rose up to end foreign influence and Christianity in China.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
The time period in Japan where it underwent rapid industrialization, modernization, and westernization.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
Doubles Jeopardy!
These two African countries were the only ones who remained free and independent by 1914 (Start of WWI).
What are Ethiopia and Liberia?
This time of rapid change in Europe (starting in GB) led to the need for raw materials and new markets so Europeans began imperialism.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
Imperialism led to the building of infrastructure such as roads and railroads, however they were not built to help establish the industry in the colony but instead to transport _______ out of the colony and back to the mother country.
raw materials/ goods
The first Opium War ended in this. It was the first of what would become known as the Unequal Treaties.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
The start of the Meiji Restoration in Japan marked the end of the previous period.
What was the Tokugawa Shogunate?
The Congo produced incredible amounts of wealth from collection of a congealed tree sap that was becoming very useful in the electric age.
What is rubber?
This famous poem written by Rudyard Kipling promoted the idea of Europeans "civilizing" the rest of the non-European world
What was the White Man's Burden?
As a result of this many irish people emigrated to the United States
What was the Irish Potato Famine?
The British gained control of this Chinese island after defeating China in the First Opium War. They remained in control of it until 1997.
What is Hong Kong?
This 1905 war resulted in a victory for Japan and the demonstration of its capabilities as a modern world power, equal to that of europe.
What was the Russo- Japanese War?
This meeting of European colonial powers in Germany led to most of the current national boundaries in Africa.
What was the Berlin Conference?
This pseudoscientific idea promoted the notion that the darkness or lightness of a person's skin determined their fitness to survive, thrive, and be civilized. this was used as a justification for European colonialism and mistreatment of non- Europeans
What is Social Darwinism?
This business became like its only colony, ruling parts of india with the goal of extracting raw materials for economic gain
What was the British East India Company?
Part of the Treaty of Nanjing granted British citizens in China this, which allowed them to only follow British laws, not Chinese laws.
What is extraterritoriality?
This American Navy officer is responsible for forcing the opening of Japan to feign trade.
Who was Commodore Matthew Perry?
King Leopold II of Belgium controlled his own private colony in central Africa for roughly 20 years. during that time its estimated that 10 million africans were killed. What was that colony called?
What is the Congo Free State?