Terms
Colonies
Wars
Leaders
Dreams of Empire
100
Philosophy used during the New Imperialism based upon the racial superiority of control over less civilized people.
What was Social Darwinism?
100
Region in SE Asia ruled by the French Empire.
Where was Indochina?
100
Also known as the First War for Indian Independence. 1857 E. India Company.
What was the Sepoy Rebellion?
100
Installed as a puppet in Mexico for French Emperor Napoleon III.
Who was Maximilian?
100
This famous cartoon depicts the British industrialist wanting a railroad from Capetown to Cairo in Africa.
Who was Cecil Rhodes?
200
Area within another country granted exclusive control over trade and foreign domination.
What were spheres of influence?
200
Subcontinent once ruled by the British Empire.
Where was India?
200
1879 S. African conflict between the British and Zulu nation.
What was the Anglo-Zulu War?
200
S. American revolutionary leader known as the Liberator.
Who was Simon Bolivar?
200
New American policy involving more free trading rights in China.
What was the Open Door Policy?
300
System of racial segregation that emerged after the Union of S. Africa was formed.
What was Apartheid?
300
Famous conference that divided Africa up among the European powers.
What was the Berlin Conference?
300
War between the British and Islamic Sudanese over the control of the Nile River.
What was the Madhist War?
300
L' Ouverture fought for this Caribbean nation's independence from France.
What was Haiti?
300
New policy towards Latin America requiring the US to police the Western Hemisphere.
What was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
400
Largest ethnic group in Latin America today.
Who are the mestizos?
400
Belgium King Leopold's personal colony in Central Africa.
Where was the Congo?
400
War between the Russian Empire and Japan over the Far East (China & Korea)
What was the Russo-Japanese War?
400
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Father Morales issued the "Cry of Dolores" for this independent Latin American nation.
Where was Mexico?
400
Led to the modernization of Japan.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
500
Strong influence among indigenous people ruled by Western Powers wanting independence.
What was nationalism?
500
War that the US gained the colonies of Puerto Rico and Cuba in the Caribbean.
What was the Spanish-American War?
500
Involved Manifest Destiny of the N. American Continent.
What was the Mexican (American) War?
500
Famous missionary discovered by Henry Stanley and later credited for the discovery of the Nile's source.
Who was David Livingstone?
500
These Pacific Ocean islands were acquired by the US after the Spanish-American War.
Where were the Philippines?