Motives for Imperialism
When imperial states sent out missionaries, teachers, and doctors to to help prepare the 'child-like' people of the world for progress, it was often called this.
Civilizing Missions
THIS event was triggered when the British began smuggling addictive drugs from their Indian colonies into Chinese ports. Britain was interested in creating exclusive trade deals for luxurious Chinese products.
The Opium Wars
A massive famine in THIS country in the 1840s led to the mass immigration of people to the US
Ireland
THIS is a waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas, completed in 1869. It became a critical global trade route and a focal point of imperial competition, especially between Britain and France.
Suez Canal
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Augustus (will also accept Julius Caesar)
This was a pseudoscience used to justify imperialism and the treatment of colonized people. Based on the belief that some races were more fit to experience wealth and success.
Social Darwinism
Which 3 countries colonized most of Africa during the Scramble for Africa?
Britain, France, Germany
List 2 reasons why many people from Southern and Eastern Europe immigrated to the Americas in the late 19th century?
Rapid rise in population, increasing economic inequality, job prospects in the US, political upheaval...
The dispersion of a people or ethnic group from their homeland to multiple locations. Often refers to forced migrations or voluntary emigration seeking economic opportunity.
Diaspora
What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?
Photosynthesis
This motive for imperialism led nations to fight others for territory based on wanting to spread their culture and bring glory to the motherland.
Nationalism
A major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India in 1857-58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
The 1857 Indian Revolt or the Sepoy Mutiny
What was the primary destination for Japanese immigrants during this era?
Hawaii or USA
This is established to house and exile convicted criminals. Ex) Australia in 1788, served as a dumping ground for prisoners.
Penal Colony
Which Greek philosopher was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock in 399 BCE?
Socrates
List 3 raw materials that imperial nations wanted from their colonies.
Possible answers:
rubber, gold, diamonds, copper, cotton, palm oil, timber...
founded by Shaka in 1818, the British and the Dutch settlers broke up THIS kingdom in South Africa
Zulu Kingdom
THIS is a place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area
(ex - Chinatown, Little Italy, Little India...)
Ethnic Enclave
1842 - THIS forced China to open ports to British trade, cede Hong Kong to Britain, and pay reparations, and allow for extraterritoriality—a humiliating loss of sovereignty.
Treaty of Nanking
In what year did the Titanic sink?
1912
This meeting lasted from 1884 - 85, involved major European powers; met to divide up Africa, but conveniently forgot to invite any Africans
Berlin Conference
Which country colonized the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?
USA
EX: the Chinese Exclusion Act (USA), the White Australia Policy,
The period of British colonial rule over India (1858–1947). It represented the height of British imperial power and involved direct governance and economic exploitation of the Indian subcontinent.
British Raj
What is the biggest human organ?
Skin