India
The British were able to conquer India due to exploiting this because it meant that Indians couldn’t unite to fight them.
What is diversity?
The invention of this weapon made imperial conquests very easy.
What is the maxim machine gun?
China enjoyed this kind of trade before Britain tilted the balance.
What is trade surplus?
These are causes of a revolution.
What are nationalism, political instability, corruption, imperialism, taxes, and unfair treatment?
The domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
What is imperialism?
The British banned sati, which required widows to do this.
One of the only African nations that was able to preserve its independence.
What is Ethiopia?
Primary commodity the British traded for Chinese tea in the late 1700s
What is opium?
Some leaders began to try to Westernize using these methods
What is sending their children to Western schools, hiring European experts for military training or infrastructure projects?
The deliberate attempt to destroy a racial, political, or cultural group.
What is genocide?
British East India Company will control this much of India
What is three fifths?
The Belgian king that set off the scramble for Africa
King Leopold II
Main goal of the Boxer Rebellion
To drive out foreign influences polluting their land
The invention of this type of weapon allowed for the easy defeat of many African nations.
What is the Maxim Machine Gun?
When local rulers were left in place but were expected to follow the advice of European advisors on issues such as trade or missionary activity.
What is a protectorate?
Sepoy soldiers believed that the new cartridges to load into their guns were greased with this
What is animal fat?
Ssignificant outcome of the Berlin Conference of 1884 regarding European colonization of Africa
Europeans agreed on claiming African parts only with established government offices
The deadliest peasant revolt in history
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
Motives of imperialism
Nationalism, Social Darwinism, economic expansion, military and political reasons
Concept believed that European races were superior to all others and imperial domination of weaker races was simply nature’s way of improving the human species
What is Social Darwinism?
In 1858 Parliament ended the rule of the East India Company and put India directly under
What is the British Crown?
This connected the Mediterranean and Red seas and allowed for easy transport of goods for trading.
What is the Suez Canal?
Forced china to open up 5 ports of trade to foreigners and granted British citizens in China extraterritoriality.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
Two examples of Western advantages over targeted nations of imperialism.
Strong economies, powerful armies and navies, superior tech and weapons.
An area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges
Sphere of Influence