Africa
What was the Berlin conference?
The Berlin Conference was a meeting of European powers to divide Africa.
Who imperialized India?
The British.
This term refers to one country dominating another for political or economic gain.
Imperialism.
This man resisted British rule through civil disobedience.
Gandhi.
This international organization failed to intervene during the Rwandan Genocide, despite clear evidence of mass atrocities.
The United Nations.
Who was left out of the Berlin conference?
African nations.
This company controlled India until the British Crown assumed rule in 1858.
The British East India Company.
What was a major factor that enabled Western Europe to dominate large parts of Asia and Africa?
Technological and military superiority.
The 1857 Indian rebellion was also known by this name.
The First War of Independence.
This concept claimed that stronger nations had the right to dominate weaker ones.
Social Darwinism
This war was started when the English wanted to take the gold and diamonds on lands held by the Boers.
The Boer War.
This rebellion happened when the British East India Company expected Indian soldiers to use cartridges greased with animal fat.
The Sepoy Rebellion.
What was a major reason European nations competed for control of Africa during the late 1800s?
Natural resources.
The Zulu leader known for resisting British colonization.
Shaka Zulu.
What is “The White Man’s Burden”?
This phrase was used to morally justify European imperialism.
This 1994 genocide saw the mass slaughter of the Tutsi minority by Hutu extremists in this African country.
Rwanda.
This group was formed to push for Indian self-rule.
The Indian National Congress.
King Leopold II of Belgium took control of the Congo Free State for what natural resource?
Rubber.
This West African Muslim leader created a centralized state using guerrilla tactics to resist the French.
Samori Touré.
The Khmer Rouge, led by this man, killed nearly 2 million people in Cambodia in an attempt to create a rural, classless society.
Pol Pot.
This African country was able to remain independent because it modernized and obtained guns from Europe.
Ethiopia.
This measure passed in 1878 limited Indian press freedom.
The Vernacular Press Act.
The "Scramble for Africa" was partly triggered by this explorer's reports of vast resources and territory.
Henry Morton Stanley.
This Ethiopian leader successfully held off Italian invasion in 1896.
Menelik II
In the Rwandan Genocide, this cheap and widely accessible weapon was used in the majority of the killings.
The Machete.