Imperialism Vocabulary
The people who inhabit a land before the arrival of colonists.
What is indigenous?
The policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, and socially.
What is Imperialism?
Native Indian soldiers in the British army.
Who are the Sepoy?
True or False, the effects of imperialism can still be felt today.
What is true?
These nations fought in the Opium Wars.
Who are Britain and China
The belief of “survival of the fittest”, in which stronger countries can (and should) take over weaker countries.
What is "Social Darwinism"?
The process of reversing the impacts of imperialism and fighting for independence.
What is decolonization?
This Chinese Dynasty fought during the Boxer Rebellion.
What is the Qing?
This was the conference to divide Africa amongst the European powers.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This is the first war in which a non-European nation defeated a European one - changing the global perspective of imperialism and beginning decolonization.
The dissolution of Japan's feudal system of government, and adoption of industrialized technology, military structures, and European political systems.
What was The Meiji Restoration?
White South Africans, primarily Dutch, who worked as farmers.
Who are the Boers?
Religious beliefs, including controversy over bullet cases made of pig and cow fat, led to this revolt.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
Three groups of peoples fought for land, gold and diamonds in this war. (Also known as the South African War)
One similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China is that______.
What is "they attempted to end foreign influence"?
The rapid invasion, partition, and colonization of almost the entire African continent, led by major European powers, is known as this.
What is the scramble for Africa?
India was THIS to the British Empire, because it provided raw materials, large populations and was good for markets
What is "Jewel in the Crown?"
This U.S. President was given credit, and awarded the nobel peace prize, for mediating the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War.
Who is President Theodore Roosevelt?
List 3 motives for new Imperialism.
What are Political, Economic, Religious, Exploratory, Ideological?
The goal of this event was to get rid of all foreign influence in China.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This poem included the message that Europe has a responsibility to colonize non-white societies and teach them how to be civilized.
What is "White Man's Burden"?
The carving of China into exclusive economic zones by foreign powers (Germany, Russia, Britain, France, Japan) in the late 19th century.
What is sphere of influence?
This Imperial Commissioner wrote an open letter to Queen Victoria, calling British merchants and subjects as "barbarians".
Who is Lin Zexu?
The number of European Nations that met at the Berlin Conference to determine the division of the African continent?
What is 14?
This U. S. Naval leader ended Japan's isolationism by surprisingly arriving on Japan's shores, causing Japan to join the Industrial Revolution.
Who is Matthew Perry?