People
Geography
Wars and Rebellions
Events and Treaties
Terms
100
He was an explorer and missionary in Africa for over 30 years and was the first European to see Victoria Falls.
Who is Dr. Livingstone?
100
This continent was divided into many pieces when European powers scrambled for land there during the late 1800s.
What is Africa?
100
In this rebellion, Indian soldiers who were loyal to the British revolted because the British used pig and cow fat to make bullets which insulted the soldiers' religions.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
100
This term describes a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country
What is a colony?
200
A man known as the father of India because of his dedication and sacrifices to achieve Independence for his people.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
200
An artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It was opened in November 1869 and allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigating around Africa.
What is the Suez Canal?
200
These wars were fought because British merchants wanted more influence and power to sell their products (mainly opium) in China.
What are the Opium Wars?
200
This treaty ended the first Opium war. It gave Britain the rights to ports in China and gave British citizens extraterritorial rights in China.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
200
The practice of producing crops for profit. This practice is has negatively impacted the native people of many colonial areas throughout history.
What are cash crops?
300
He was a famous revolutionary leader in China during the late 1800s and early 1900s. He believed China was equal to other powerful nations and that a new republican form of government would improve the nation.
Who is Sun Yat-sen?
300
This country was used by the British to grow Tea and Opium.
What is India?
300
This widespread civil war was in southern China from 1850 to 1864, led by a Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, against the ruling Qing Dynasty. About 20 million people died, mainly civilians, in one of the deadliest military conflicts in history.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
300
A nonviolent protest in India when Gandhi walked 240 miles to the sea to protest Britain's unfair economic policies in Indian.
What is Gandhi's Salt March of 1930?
300
An extreme feeling of pride and superiority of one's nation and the belief that an ethnic group of people have the right to rule their own nation.
What is Nationalism?
400
The Queen of England who established British rule over India.
Who is Queen Victoria?
400
This port city was given to the British after the Opium Wars as part of the Treaty of Nanjing
What is Hong Kong
400
A rebellion by peasants and a group known as the Society of Harmonious Fists against European influence and foreign privilege in China. Rebels failed because despite their beliefs, their martial arts could not protect them from bullets and cannons.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
400
At this conference, European nations divided up the territory of Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
400
The United States proposal to make commercial opportunities in China equally available to all European powers. This allowed open and free trade with China and prevented traditional colonialism in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
500
This African country was were the Boer War took place between the Boers (Dutch settlers) and the British for control over this region rich in diamonds and gold.
What is South Africa
500
British rule over India that began after the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion against the British East India Company and ended when India gained independence in 1947.
What is British Raj?
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