Imperialist Roots
The policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is imperialism?
When a territory is governed by a foreign power it is called this...
What is a colony?
This declining empire had difficulty fitting into the modern world.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Indian soldiers serving under British officers were referred to as this...
What are sepoys?
A group of American businessmen hatched a plot to overthrow this monarchy.
What is Hawaii?
This king licensed companies that brutally exploited Africans in the Congo.
Who is King Leopold II?
This man's explorations sparked the interest of the king of Belgium.
Who is Henry Morton Stanley?
Local populations adapting to the ruling and/or majority culture.
What is assimilation?
The taking of land for its strategic location or products is called this...
What is geopolitics?
Due to its raw materials and 300 million customers, India was often called this...
What is the Jewel in the Crown?
This man-made structure connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
The British shipped this product to China in exchange for tea.
What is opium?
When ideas about evolution and natural selection are applied to human society it is called this...
What is Social Darwinism?
This form of control refers to a territory governing itself, but is still under outside control.
What is a protectorate?
Russia was defeated by the Ottoman Empire in this war.
What is the Crimean War?
This company ruled India with little interference from the British government during the 19th century.
What is the British East India Company?
This leader of the Filipino nationalists claimed that the United States had promised immediate independence after the Spanish-American War ended.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
A system in which debt is accumulated and passed from one generation to the next.
What is the peonage system?
This movement refers to several thousand Boers fleeing northward to escape the British.
What is the Great Trek?
This method of management's goal was to develop future leaders.
What is indirect control?
Tensions rose between the Persians and the Europeans because of this product.
What is tobacco?
This term refers to British rule after India came under control of the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria.
What is the Raj?
This gave the United States the right to be “an international police power” in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
The British used indirect rule for this territory due to it being one of the most culturally diverse in Africa.
What is Nigeria?
This future British Prime Minister was captured by the Boers, but later escaped.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This rebellion failed due to the belief that sprinkling magic water on themselves would turn German bullets into water.
What is the Maji Maji Rebellion?
For much of the 19th century, Great Britain and Russia engaged in a geopolitical struggle called this...
What is the Great Game?
During the Sepoy Mutiny, Indians had difficulties uniting against the British for these TWO reasons.
What is weak leadership and serious splits between Hindus and Muslims?
This Cuban writer launched the second war for Cuban independence from Spain.
Who is José Martí?
This country was formerly known as Siam.
What is Thailand?