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A meeting at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa ...
Answer: Berlin Conference (1884-85).
A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights ...
Answer: paternalism.
A conflict, lasting from 1853 to 1856, in which the Ottoman Empire, with the aid of Britain and France, halted Russian expansion in the region of the Black Sea ...
Answer: Crimean War.
The British colony of India – so-called because of its importance in the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods ...
Answer: "jewel in the crown."
Filipino leader against Spain during the Spanish-American War and against the U.S. after the war: 1st President of the Philippines, 1899-1901 ...
Answer: Emilio Aguinaldo.
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially ...
Answer: imperialism.
A policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs ...
Answer: assimilation.
A man made waterway connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, which was opened in 1869 ...
Answer: Suez Canal.
An 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India ...
Answer: Sepoy Mutiny.
The lands surrounding the Pacific Ocean – especially those in Asia ...
Answer: Pacific Rim.
A migration of Dutch colonists out of British-controlled territory in South Africa during the 1830s ...
Answer: Great Trek.
Emperor of Ethiopia, 1889-1913. Who am I?
Answer: Menelik II.
A foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands ...
Answer: geopolitics.
The British-controlled portions of India in the years 1757-1947 ...
Answer: Raj.
Last Queen of the Hawaiian Islands, 1891-93. Who am I?
Answer: Liliuokalani.
A Dutch colonist in South Africa ...
Answer: Boer.
A republic in west Africa: a member of the British Commonwealth; formerly a British colony and protectorate ...
Answer: Nigeria.
A former Turkish sultanate which held sway over large dominions in Asia, Africa, and Europe for more than six centuries until its collapse after World War I ...
Answer: Ottoman Empire.
An Indian soldier serving under British command ...
Answer: sepoy.
The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit ...
Answer: annexation.
A conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa ...
Answer: Boer War.
Uprising in the south and east of German East Africa, 1905-07 ...
Answer: Maji Maji Rebellion.
Ottoman Albanian commander in the Ottoman army: governor of Egypt and Sudan, 1805-48. Who am I
Answer: Muhammad Ali Pasha or Muhammad Ali of Egypt.
Indian reformer and writer. Who am I?
Answer: Ram Mohun Roy.
King of Siam, 1851-68. Who am I?
Answer: Mongkut.