Rationales for Imperialism
This ideology argued that stronger societies were naturally meant to dominate weaker ones.
What is Social Darwinism?
This 1884–1885 meeting divided Africa among European powers.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This rebellion challenged British rule in India in 1857.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
This new labor system replaced slavery in many colonies.
What is indentured servitude?
These colonial economies focused on producing raw materials for global markets.
What are export economies?
This phrase described the belief that Europeans had a duty to civilize colonized peoples.
What is the Civilizing Mission?
This European country controlled the Congo Free State.
What is Belgium?
This West African leader resisted French expansion.
Who was Samory Touré?
This technology most directly enabled long-distance migration.
What are steamships and railroads?
This valuable material became a major export from the Congo Basin.
What is rubber?
European imperial expansion was most strongly driven by the demand for these two economic needs.
What are raw materials and new markets?
This empire expanded significantly into Central Asia during the nineteenth century.
What is the Russian Empire?
This religious revolt took place in Sudan against imperial control.
What are the Mahdist Wars?
This ethnic group migrated to the United States in large numbers after a famine.
Who are the Irish?
This South American country became a major exporter of beef.
What is Argentina?
This idea pushed nations to expand overseas to demonstrate prestige and power.
What is nationalism?
This Southeast Asian colony included Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia under European rule.
What is French Indochina?
This Native American religious movement promised the restoration of Native lands.
What is the Ghost Dance Movement?
This U.S. law restricted immigration from China.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This environmental consequence resulted from resource extraction in colonies.
What is deforestation?
This broader economic development made imperial expansion more likely by increasing the need for resources, markets, and overseas investment.
What is industrialization?
After this major reform movement, Japan rapidly industrialized and expanded its empire.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This major factor most limited the long-term success of indigenous resistance movements.
What were European military and technological advantages?
This policy restricted non-European immigration to Australia.
What is the White Australia Policy?
This term describes economic domination without formal political control.
What is economic imperialism?