Goals
To gain power and expand territory
What is political goal?
The deliberate attempt to destroy an entire religious or ethnic group
What is genocide
The primary belief of Social Darwinism
What is survival of the fittest?
Indian soldiers hired by the British
Who were the Sepoys?
The Berlin Conference was meant to decrease conflict among colonizing powers on this continent.
What is Africa
To gain raw materials, increase trade, and give more area for colonizations
What is economic goals?
isolation of women in separate quarters
What is purdah?
This is the continent (not counting Antarctica!) on which Great Britain had the fewest colonies
What is North America
The religions the British offended by using sacred animals for supplies
What are Hindu and Muslim?
This leader was unique in Africa because he was able to maintain his nation's independence.
Who was Menelik II?
To spread Christian morals, beliefs, and values
What is humanitarian goal?
domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country
What is imperialism?
This is the country Britain considered to the "jewel" of its empire.
What is India?
Hindu custom that called for a widow to join her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral pyre *
What is Sati?
These were the two rivers which had to stay open for trade purposes.
What were the Niger and the Congo
To research for scientific and medical knowledge
What is Humanitarian motive
area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
What is sphere of influence ?
The term used to describe the idea that the white man had the obligation to “civilize” those of other cultural backgrounds
What was White Man's Burden?
Nationalism, religious beliefs and resentment of British rule all led to one place.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
I am the Belgian king who used the Congo as my personal money maker
Who is Leopold II
The belief that the white race is superior
What is Social Darwinism
Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation
What is extraterritoriality?
This explorer sparked Europe's late 19th century scramble for African colonization
Who is Henry Morton Stanley?
The term used to refer to the period of Indian history during which India was dominated by the British
What is The Raj?
The two countries on the African continent that never lost their independence
What are Ethiopia and Liberia