Africa
When European powers split up most of Africa continent and gained large areas of territory.
Scramble for Africa
The drug British smuggled into China to sell illegally.
Opium
These two European countries ruled most of Latin America before independence movements began
Spain and Portugal
This country was ruled by King Leopold II of Belgium who made Africans do hard labor in order to get rubber.
Congo
French general who took control of France and waged war across Europe after the French Revolution.
Napoleon
Decided the borders in the scramble for Africa
European powers (British, Belgian, French, German, Spain, Italy, Portugal)
Japan and China fought for control of this country
Korea
Class systems in Latin America were primarily based on what?
Race/Skin Color
The United States acquired this country in Southeast Asia after the Spanish American war
Phillipines
guillotine
The name of the meeting between European powers to divide Africa
This rebellion was fought by Northern Chinese peasants who believed martial arts would protect them against bullets.
The Boxer Rebellion
Nationalism
These countries stayed independent from European control of Africa during imperialism
Ethiopia and Liberia
The steam engine
World wide recession from 1873-1896 that caused European powers to get more resources and new markets to trade with.
The Long Depression
East India Company
United States policy that protected Latin American countries from European influence.
Monroe Doctrine
The Chinese city the British gained control of after the First Opium War
Hong Kong
This father of communism
Karl Marx
applied biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics, and politics
Social Darwinism
Indian soldiers who fought for the British until they rebelled because of discontent and cow/pig grease being out on bullets.
Sepoys
This group which consisted of Spanish who were born in the Americas were leaders of most Latin American independence movements.
Creoles
India and Pakistan
A promise made by the members of the National Assembly to stay together until they had written a constitution for France; this oath was taken in a room used to play a sport.
Tennis Court Oath