Great Powers?
Methods & Motivations
Resistance & Rebellion
People & Places
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This European country colonized the Congo. 

What is Belgium?

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Old Imperialism focused on establishing trading posts, while New Imperialism emphasized this type of domination.

What is direct territorial control and exploitation of resources?

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This rebellion movement in China was ineffective.

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

1

This leader believed that civil disobedience must be accompanied by nonviolence in order to be effective?

Who was Gandhi?

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 The purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1885?

What is to establish rules for the division of Africa and prevent conflicts among European powers?

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Direct imperialism involves the controlling nation administering governance directly through its own officials, while indirect imperialism relies on this method of control,

 What is ruling through local leaders or existing political structures under the influence of the imperial power?

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The two African nations that avoided imperialization.

What is Ethiopia, which resisted through military victory at the Battle of Adowa?
b. What is Liberia, which was founded as a colony for freed American slaves and protected by the United States?

2

This father and son duo kept their ccountry in southeast asia from being colonized by playing two competing imperial powers against each other. 

Who were Kings Mongkut and Chulalongkorn? 

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Britain fought the Opium Wars against China for these reasons.

What is to secure trade and continue exporting opium to China despite Chinese resistance?

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Imperialist countries of the 19th and 20th centuries were able to dominate other nations with ease due to these advantages

What are advanced military technology, industrialized economies, superior transportation like steamships and railroads, and the use of divided local populations to weaken resistance?

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How did the Maji Maji Rebellion demonstrate the effectiveness of scientific beliefs over superstitious ones?

What is the failure of spiritual water to protect African rebels from German bullets, showing the need for modern tactics.

3

The British Empire refered to India by this name, a reference to its value to their empire

What is the “Jewel in the Crown” ?

4

These three modern countries were part of the French colony known as French Indochina

What are Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?

4

 Imperial countries were able to justify their domination of other countries or peoples using these four reasons. 


What are Social Darwinism, a duty to civilize, to spread christianity, and paternalism.

  

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These two countries fought in the Battle of Adowa, This country won.

What are Ethiopia snd Italy, Ethiopia won ensuring Ethiopia’s independence and showing that non industrialized countries could resist imperialism when  they had modern weapons?

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The Suez Canal in Egypt an important goal for British imperialism for this reason.

What is its strategic importance as a shortcut to India and other Asian colonies?

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These thre countries competed for control over India during the Age of New Imperialism.

What are Britain, France, and Portugal?

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Nations pursued imperialism for various reasons. Identify and describe four specific motivations for imperialism.

  • Economic gain: Nations sought raw materials and new markets.
  • Political power: Colonies enhanced national prestige and strategic control.
  • Cultural superiority: The belief in spreading Western civilization and ideologies.
  • Religious missionary efforts: Spreading Christianity 
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The Sepoy mutiny began because of this and led to  this end result.  

What is the use of rifle cartridges rumored to be greased with cow and pig fat, leading to widespread rebellion, and its result was the dissolution of the East India Company and the establishment of direct British rule?

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Indian leader Ram Mohun Roy saw this as the long-term solution for removing British imperialism from India.

What was modernizing Indian society by embracing Western education?

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