Britain's Empire
This powerful company helped Britain control large parts of India.
What is the British East India Company?
This country ended its long isolation after ships from the West arrived.
What is Japan?
This word means “resurrection” and describes Italy becoming one country.
What is the Risorgimento?
These made travel and trade faster during the Industrial Age.
What are railroads?
France had this many republics during the 1800s.
What is 3 republics?
These Indian soldiers worked for the British East India Company.
Who are the sepoys?
Commodore Perry came from this country to open trade with Japan.
What is the United States?
This country was made up of many small states before uniting.
What is Italy?
These were created so trains could run on time across long distances.
What are time zones?
Napoleon III ruled France during this type of government.
What is an empire?
This uprising happened when Indian soldiers rebelled against British rule in 1857.
What was the Sepoy Mutiny?
This war was fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula.
What is the Crimean War?
This Italian leader helped unite Italy by fighting and inspiring people.
Who is Giuseppe Garibaldi?
This process uses machines and factories to make goods.
What is industrialization?
This country became united under the Second Reich.
What is Germany?
This was the name of the secret rivalry between Britain and Russia.
What was the Great Game?
Britain and France fought together against Russia in this war.
What is the Crimean War?
This massive rebellion took place in China.
What was the Taiping Rebellion?
This period marked Japan’s effort to modernize and learn from the West.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This leader helped unite Germany.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
Britain wanted to protect this important land from Russia during the Great Game.
What was India?
This invention helped news travel quickly during the Crimean War.
What is the telegraph?
Millions of people died during this rebellion led by a man claiming a special mission from God.
What was the Taiping Rebellion?
Power in Japan was returned to this leader during the Meiji Restoration.
Who is the emperor?
After losing a war, this country stopped being an empire again.
What was France?