Africa
What was the primary economic motivation for European countries to colonize Africa?
What is access to natural (raw) resources and new markets?
What company first established British control in India for trade purposes?
What is the British East India Company?
What drug was Britain smuggling into China to balance trade ?
What is Opium?
What 1868 event officially marked the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate?
What is the Meiji Restoration?
What is Ms. Gee's favorite war as a historian?
What is World War II?
Which European country controlled the most African territory by 1914?
What is Britain?
What major uprising in 1857 was caused by British disregard for Indian culture and religion?
What is the Sepoy Rebellion (or the Indian Mutiny)?
What treaty ended the First Opium War and forced China to open trade with Britain?
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
What treaty, signed in 1854, ended Japan’s policy of isolation?
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
If I could visit any country in the world, where would I go?
What is Egypt or Japan?
What meeting in 1884-85 divided Africa among European powers without African input?
What is the Berlin Conference
What was one major cause of the Sepoy Rebellion?
What is the use of animal fat (pork and beef) in rifle cartridges, offending Hindu and Muslim soldiers?
What major Chinese city did Britain gain control of as a result of the Treaty of Nanjing?
What is Hong Kong?
What was one major reform made during the Meiji Restoration?
What is the modernization of the military (or industrialization, education reforms, end of feudalism)?
What was Ms. Gee's minor in college?
What is Social Studies or Women and Gender Studies?
How did the Scramble for Africa contribute to future conflicts in the continent?
What is artificial borders leading to ethnic tensions and civil wars?
What economic policy forced India to supply raw materials to Britain while buying British goods?
What is mercantilism (or economic exploitation)?
What dynasty ruled China during the period of British imperialism?
What is the Qing Dynasty?
In what war did Japan crush this countries military and navy that ultimately let the West know that Japan was now a "World Power"?
What is Russia/ Russo-Japanese War?
What is Ms. Gee's exact birthday (month, day, year)?
*100 Bonus points if you know my astrology sign*
What is March 15th, 2001? What is a Pisces?
What European monarch personally controlled the Congo, leading to mass exploitation and atrocities?
Who is King Leopold II of Belgium?
What British policies contributed to devastating famines in India?
What are high taxes on farmers and forced cash crop production?
What legal policy allowed British citizens in China to be tried under British law instead of Chinese law?
What is extraterritoriality?
What island nation did Japan annex in 1895 after the First Sino-Japanese War?
What is Taiwan?
Who was the artist of the first concert I ever attended?
What is Playboi Carti?