Catch-All
What are the "Three G's" of imperialism?
God, glory, gold
What drug was illegal in both China and Great Britain?
Opium
Who were the Sepoys?
Indian soldiers who served in the British military and practiced Hinduism or Islam.
What was the only country that was allowed to trade with Japan?
The Dutch (Netherlands)
Who were the Boers?
Dutch farmers
What is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force?
Imperialism
Name one of the items Great Britain wanted from China
Tea, silk, porcelain
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
An Indian leader who advocated for Indian independence through various forms of nonviolence protests and civil disobedience
Who was Commodore Matthew Perry?
An American sailor who was tasked with getting Japan to trade with the U.S.
What was the name of the man who bought Congolese land for himself?
Leopold II
In South Africa, what resource was discovered in the Orange Free State that would eventually lead to the Boer Wars?
Diamonds
What was the Open Door Policy?
A policy created by the United States where imperial powers decided to respect the trading rights of other countries in China
In what year did India regain its independence?
1947
What does it mean to be an isolated country?
You do not trade or otherwise interact with other countries.
What was apartheid AND where was it practiced?
Legal separation where the white minority ran the South African government
In 1908, the Congo Free State was turned over to what country?
Belgium
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
A nationalist effort to expel all foreigners from China
Why did the Sepoy Mutiny (or Rebellion) happen?
Soldiers were required to bite off the tip of the cartridge for ammunition. The cartridge was lubricated in either pig or cow fat, causing the soldiers to violate their religious beliefs of abstaining from consuming certain animals.
Why did Japan practice sakoku, or isolationism? GIVE AT LEAST TWO REASONS
Due to fears of Christianity, society being undermined, war, and instability
What was the name of South Africa's first elected African president?
Nelson Mandela
Thousands of unarmed Sikhs gathered together for a simultaneous religious festival and protest. Without warning, the British military opened fire on the crowd and killed hundreds of the protesters.
What caused the Opium Wars?
Great Britain wanted to trade with China, but China did not want to. Great Britain began smuggling opium into China to create instability in the country in an attempt to force China to become dependent on Great Britain.
Name TWO of the SPECIFIC protest forms used by Mahatma Gandhi.
The Salt March, boycotting British clothing and making his own, hunger strikes
Why did the United States want to trade with Japan? THERE ARE TWO REASONS
They wanted access to Japanese markets. Japan's location also makes it a valuable base for reaching other Asian markets.
Describe what life was like in the imperialized Congo.
The Congolese were forced to work in rubber production. If quotas were not met, the workers (men, women, and children) were likely to experience unwanted limb amputation.