Imperialism
Africa
India
Latin America
China/Japan
100
Foreign nation exerting control over territory inside another nation. Example: China during the 1800s.
What was sphere of influence?
100
This famous conference divided the African continent among the European powers.
What was the Berlin Conference?
100
Elite civil servant group that administered India for the British for years.
What was the Indian Civil Service or ICS?
100
The majority of the Latin American population due to colonialism.
Who are the Mestizos?
100
The last dynasty to rule China until 1912.
What was the Manchu Dynasty?
200
The Hawaiian Islands were given this special status by the US before annexation in 1898 as a territory.
What was protectorate status?
200
This new machine gun was used in fighting the African tribes.
What was the Maxim Rifle?
200
Another name for railways, roads, communications lines and sewage systems built in India by the British.
What was infrastructure?
200
Told the Europeans a "hands-off" policy toward the Americas.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
200
Western educated and he helped established the Chinese Republic.
Who was Dr. Sun Yat-sen?
300
India was considered this type of colony during the British rule.
What was a dependent colony?
300
Early Dutch settlers that claimed the Transvaal Region of S. Africa. They later fought a guerrilla war against the British.
Who were the Boers?
300
Replaced the old cottage industries of India made from cotton using machinery in mass production.
What were textiles?
300
The construction of this famous Cen. American Canal because of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
What was the Panama Canal?
300
New American policy towards China regarding trading rights and recognition of spheres of influence.
What was the Open Door Policy?
400
The philosophy held by westerners towards indigenous people in Africa, Asia and Latin America based on "survival of the fittest" in social terms.
What was Social Darwinism?
400
Eastern African that remained independent of European control.
What was Ethiopia?
400
Type of educational system provided to the native population of India during British rule.
What was universal education?
400
This document established a federal system for Mexico after the revolution ended.
What was the 1917 Mexican Constitution?
400
One of the events that weakened the Manchu Dynasty granting extraterritoriality for the western powers in China. Involved the importation of a drug from India by the British.
What was the Opium War?
500
Type of colony created to settle people in another country. Example: S. African Boers.
What was a resettlement colony?
500
West African nation founded by former American slaves.
What was Liberia?
500
Major factor that contributed to the partition of the Indian subcontinent.
What was religion?
500
Latin American liberators Bolivar and Martin belonged to this social group.
Who were the creoles?
500
1868 event that paved the way for modernization of Japan after contact with the western powers.
What was the Meji Restoration?