Imperialism General
It's the experience of imperialism
What is colonialism?
This country colonized India for hundreds of years
Who is Great Britain?
Japan’s rapid modernization after observing China’s defeat in the Opium Wars helped inspire this transformation.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This meeting in 1884–1885 divided Africa among European powers without African representation.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This East African country successfully resisted colonization by defeating Italy in 1896.
What is Ethiopia?
This transformative revolution paved the way for imperialism
What is the Industrial Revolution?
They are knows as local Indian soldiers employed by the British
Who are the sepoys?
This addictive drug was sold illegally by Britain to Chinese consumers.
What is opium?
This Belgian king personally controlled the Congo Free State.
Who is King Leopold II?
This strategy of resistance involved adopting Western technology, industry, and military practices in order to strengthen a society against imperial powers.
What is self-strengthening?
The ideas, beliefs, and actions used to justify control over others.
What is imperialism?
This transportation device revolutionized the practice of imperialism in India
What are railroads?
These wars between Britain and China resulted from disputes over the opium trade.
What are the Opium Wars?
This deadly tropical disease made European expansion in Africa difficult until quinine was used.
What is malaria?
Many resistance movements formed in response to forced labor and this colonial economic burden.
What are taxes?
This economic system based on private ownership and profit encouraged expansion abroad.
What is capitalism?
They rose up against the British and rebelled for the alleged use of tallow on bullet cartridges
What is the Sepoy Rebellion (Indian Rebellion of 1857)?
China was forced to sign this unequal treaty and it forced China to open ports and give territory to Britain.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking)?
This period of rapid European territorial conquest in Africa is known by this phrase.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
This belief in national identity helped many colonized people fight imperial rule.
What is nationalism?
This ideology justified imperialism by claiming European cultures were superior and needed to “civilize” other societies.
What is racial superiority / the “civilizing mission”?
This company controlled most of India before the British government took direct control.
What is the British East India Company?
This anti-foreign uprising in 1900 targeted missionaries and imperial influence.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This country colonized Morocco, the Ivory Coast, and the Congo
Who is France?
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, this woman secretly gathered intelligence and even fought alongside rebels against the British.
Who is Azizun of Lucknow?