What is imperialism?
The process of one country extending its power over another region.
In the _____ ___ ______, European nations competed to carve up the continent into colonial holdings.
Scramble for Africa
A descendent of Inca nobility, who led indigenous resistance movements in the Andes?
Tupac Amaru II
Collected in Peru and Chile, this was a natural fertilizer valued for its nitrates and phosphates.
Guano
This famine displaced Irish families from their home. Millions of Irish people immigrated to the United States as a result.
The Potato Famine/Blight
What were colonial powers looking for when they expanded their power over other regions? Identify at least ONE.
Access to natural resources, new markets
The British East India Company began to claim more and more territory from the weakened ____ Empire in India.
Mughal
Ghost Dance
Originally from West Africa, this product was used to lubricate machines; often collected by enslaved prisoners.
Palm Oil
___ and ____ became major South American destinations for Japanese migrants.
Peru, Brazil
Racism, desire to spread European culture, missionary work to spread Christianity
Opium Wars
Agricultural products grown not for sustenance, but for sale on the market.
Cash Crops
This was the British penal colony in Australia.
Botany Bay
What Asian country most successfully participated in Imperialism?
Japan
After losing the Opium Wars, the Qing Dynasty was forced to allow imperial powers to maintain ____ __ ______ in China.
Spheres of Influence
Resistance to British imperialism by Maori natives in what is now New Zealand.
Maori Wars
Founder of the DeBeers Diamond Company, this controversial figure was also an advocate for British imperialism of Africa.
Cecil Rhodes
A scattered population whose origin lies in a different geographic location.
diaspora
British East India Company
1884-1885
A warrior queen who led a rebellion against the British in present-day Ghana.
Yaa Asantewaa
Economies that depend on exporting raw materials or agricultural products.
Export Economies
Millions of Italians migrated to new homes in the United States and ____ in search of new, better paying jobs.
Argentina