Imperialism
Imperialism resulted from factors such as desires for market expansions, religious fervor, and a desire for this.
what is Power?
This ruler is credited with keeping Ethiopia from colonization.
Who is Menelik II?
Much of China's decline in the 19th Century can be attributed to this drug.
What is Opium?
this treaty which opened Japan to foreign trade was signed between the United States and Japan after a show of force.
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
part of the reason the Ottoman empire went into decline was due to the rise of this western Ideal.
what is Nationalism?
Many European powers imposed their own cultures upon those they colonized, through a process called this.
What is Assimilation?
Many colonized areas faced starvation and food insecurity because of a shift from food crops to these profitable agricultural products.
What are Cash Crops?
Britain ended up taking direct control of India as a result of this event.
What is the Indian/Sepoy Rebellion?
In an effort to keep up with Europe on the whole Japan underwent this process, which adjusted much of its governemnt functions to fit a European model.
what is Westernization?
The completion of this landmark not only stressed the geopolitical importance of Egypt, but it also bankrupted them.
What is the Suez Canal?
This idea was born out of the notion that Europeans must be the ones to "civilize" the world.
What is the White Man's Burden?
This scientific idea would play a major role in the justification of imperialism
what is Darwinism/Social Darwinism?
Europe was able to take over China relatively quickly due to advantages in this.
In westernizing the military, the Japanese adopted a navy modeled after this power.
What is Great Britain?
Russia and Great Britain carved up this Country, now known as Iran, into speres of influence in 1907.
What is Persia?
The establishment of these allowed for imperial powers to gain exclusive trading rights with a country without directly controlling them.
What are Spheres of Influence?
this material was a major export of the Belgian Congo, whose cultivation gave way to much of the brutality in the colony.
What is Rubber?
This man is considered the Father of India
Ram Mohun Roy
upon assuming power, newly restored emperor Mitsuhito changed his name to this, meaning "Enlightened"
What is Meiji?
This war between Russia and the Ottomans was started after Russia attempted to move into the black sea.
What is the Crimean War?
This system often used by major imperial powers to put certain restrictions on the colonized population, often in that populations "Best Interest."
What is Paternalism?
This man, then Prime Minister of Britain, was responsible for brokering the deal that secured Egypt for the British in the early 1880's.
Who is Benjamin Disraeli?
This country upon being absorbed by the British empire became known as the "Jewel of the Crown"
What is India?
The Japanese fought two wars with both China and Russia over this peninsula, which they renamed Chosen.
What is Korea?
One of the more powerful figures to challenge ottoman rule was this man, not to be confused with the heavyweight boxer of the same name.
Who is Muhammad Ali?