New Imperialism
This King of the Bangwato people set out on a diplomacy mission/journey to protect his land and people in 1895 and avoid complete subjugation of Europeans.
King Khama III
884: Thirteen European nations met to discuss dividing up Africa and the rules for which colonial powers could claim lands - this was called---
Berlin Conference 1884
Pro Imperialists used this scientific term to justify their actions and make it scientific.
Social Darwinism
What was the one Southeast Asian region to remain independent and free from imperialism?
Siam? (Thailand)
The last Queen of Hawaii
Liliʻuokalani
List 3 new Technologies or advancements that lead to "New" imperialism
Electric telegraph (communication from afar) , quinine (malaria), bessemer process (cheaper steel), steam engine, Maxim Gun (first machine gun), repeating rifle
Joseph Conrad’s novel describing the harsh rules and treatment of imperial powers in the Cong
Heart of Darkness
"The White Mans Burden", by Rudyard Kipling, explains this stance/view on imperialism. Give an example how it defends this stance.
Pro-Imperialism
White man is "burdened" to imperialize.
The Queen of Ghana who spoke up and caused British governors to treat the royal family and the Asante traditions with greater respect
Yaa Asantewaa of Ghana
Who controlled indochina
The French
A practice in which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world
Imperialism
Leaders of France, Germany, and Great Britain used patriotic, humanitarian, and religious appeals to justify imperialism - what ways was it justified?
1. Spread Christianity- "bringing God"
2. SOcial Darwinsism
To "civilize" and bring Western education.
Term used in the Berlin Conference of 1884 where a European power claimed exclusive economic and political rights without direct annexation. It established "effective occupation" rules, triggering the
Sphere of Influence
List 5 Raw materials that imperialists were in competition over
Timber, ivory, rubber, oil, wool, gold, diamonds, cash crops: cotton, rice...
Who controlled the East Indies Islands in Pacific like Java etc?
The Dutch
3 Causes for the New Imperialism linked to previos sections/content
1. Economic capital to they are focused on natural resources to make capital
2. Nationalist movements which brought about unhealthy competition between new Nation-States.
3. Industrialization advancements (liste 2)
Who ended up controlling South Africa and why
British created the South African Republic after the Boer Wars
Author Mark Twain took what stance on Imperialism
Anti-Imperialism
The Mining Magnate (wealthy/powerful businessman) in South Africa - He dreamed of British imperialism from “Cape to Cairo”
Cecil Rhodes
What territories did the US control in New Imperialism and why?
Philippines, B/c treaty in Spanish American War 1898
Hawaii because of economic interest, political maneuvering, overthrow monarchy
in the 1840s Europeans discovered a new compound to fight Malaria called____
Quinine
The most harsh conditions in Africa were under which imperial sphere of influence in Africa? Explain
Congo, under King Leopold II. Many answers for what was going on.
Which one African Nation remained free of Imperialism
Ethiopia
Where did British conquest in Austronesia
1858, French Emperor Napoleon III invaded where
Vietnam
Describe What King Leopold's stated "intent" was in the Congo, vs what his actual intent was.
Claimed: Find routes to successfully open into interior as a means to abolish slave trade and establish peace among chiefs, vs. "claim land and civilize the people there, purchase as much land as possible, create a new state, as big as possible, granting no power to Congolese, to bring himself and Belgium power and money through resources.