Imperialism in Africa
What is the Berlin Conference? What was its aims?
A meeting of the imperialist nations of Western Europe and the US to decide how to carve Africa in an orderly fashion so as to prevent war between them.
Define sphere of influence.
An area where an outside power retains exclusive trading privileges.
Identify three of the five present-day countries along the Indian subcontinent that were under British control.
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma)
What country lost its colonies in 1898?
Spain
By the end of the Scramble for Africa, what two countries remained as the only independent nations in Africa?
Ethiopia and Liberia
What is opium? How did it lead to war between Britain and China?
Opium is a habit-forming narcotic that Britain began smuggling into China. They hoped to get Chinese consumers addicted to the drug in order to ensure a better balance of trade with China.
The Chinese government urged Queen Victoria to stop the opium trade in China, but Britain refused. The two countries then went to war.
What is the difference between direct control and indirect control?
Indirect control -- colonies are allowed to maintain some autonomy in their decision making.
Why was the US interested in a transoceanic canal?
1. To better defend its colonies on both oceans
2. to improve trade routes
What new discovery allowed Europeans to conquer Africa?
Quinine
The Opium War was ended by this first in an series of unequal treaties between China and the West.
The Treaty of Nanjing/Nanking
When the British originally ruled India they engaged in indirect control. What organization assumed responsibility of controlling India?
The British East India Company (EIC)
Name of the only country in Southeast Asia not dominated by foreign powers.
Siam
This territory was controlled by Belgium
Congo
What was the name of the ruling dynasty in power in China from 1636-1912 who grew increasingly weary of European intrusion into their land?
Qing (Manchu)
The EIC had a private army led by British officers, but staffed by Indian soldiers known as?
Sepoys
Name three countries invaded by the US.
Mexico
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Honduras, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Panama
Boer Wars
Who were the Boxers? Why did they rebel?
What was the reason behind the Sepoy Rebellion?
{Rumor}The Enfield rifle cartridges were greased with cow and pork fat both considered offensive to India's Hindu and Muslim populations.
Identify cash crops produced in Southeast Asia.
tea
opium
cotton
rubber
palm oil
In 1994, this former German and Belgian colony experienced a genocide in which some 800,000 Tutsis were brutally slaughtered at the hands of the Hutu population.
Rwanda.
Define extraterritoriality.
"Our house, your rules" --> foreigners are exempt from local laws and instead follow their own home laws.
Identify one positive effect of British imperialism in India?
New roads and railroads link parts of India ??
Telegraph and postal systems unite people
Irrigation systems improve farming.
British schools offer education.
Customs that threaten human rights are ended