Imperialism Types
Land or area controlled by another nation
What is colony?
Use of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution to explain human societies and justify colonization
What is Social Darwinism?
Military dictator in Latin America
What is a caudillo?
Conflict in which the Ottoman Empire halted Russian expansion near the Black Sea
What is the Crimean War?
The Dutch, British and French controlled which countries in Southeast Asia.
French ruled Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos)
Dutch ruled Indonesia
British ruled Singapore
Area controlled by an imperialist nation, but run its own daily affairs
What is protectorate?
Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
US statement of opposition to European influence in the Ameriacs
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Indian soldier under British command
What is a sepoy?
1900 revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
Imperialist nation has exclusive economic rights
What is sphere of influence?
Conflict between Zulus and Boers and then later on between Boers and the British over the territory known today as South Africa
What are the Boer Wars?
War fought between the US and Spain in 1898 in which the Americans supported the Cuban fight for independence
What is the Spanish-American war?
Uprising of Indian soldiers against the British due to religious clashes
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
policy proposed by the United States in 1899 under which all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China
What was the Open Door Policy?
Independent nation is controlled by foreign business rather than foreign government
What is economic imperialism?
What two countries were never fully colonized by Europeans in Africa?
Man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
What is the panama canal?
Egyptian leader that sought to modernize Egypt and broke away from Ottoman Empire to avoid eventual European imperalism
Who is Muhammad Ali?
conflict between UK and China lasting from 1839 - 1842 over Britain's opium trade in China
What were the Opium Wars?
The takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating the political, economic and social life of the people
What is imperialism?
List 2 similarities and 2 differences between European and British colonial rule in Africa?
Differences: Direct vs. indirect rule; French assimilation and paternalism; British more power to local leaders
Similarities: natural resource exploitation; forced labor; taxes
Statement that the United States had the right to exercise "police power" in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
What type of imperialism did England have before and after the Sepoy Rebellion?
Before: economic imperialism under British East Indian Company
After: India became a British protectorate
Who was the King who helped modernize Siam?
Who is King Mongkut?