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100
This Eastern African country was able to keep its independence
What is Ethiopia?
100
Under British Rule, one million Irish died during this crisis
What is the Irish Potato Famine?
100
An Islamic Reform movement in Saudi Arabia was the
Who were the "Young Turks?"
100
The Indian soldiers that served for the British were called
What were "sepoys?'
100
The Opium Wars in the late 1700’s were between China and this country.
What is Britain?
200
Most of the Northern and Western parts of Africa practiced the ____________ religion
What is Islamic?
200
The British in South Africa laid the foundation for this:
What is Trade in the interior of Africa?
200
The “Father of Modern Egypt”
Who was Muhammed Ali?
200
The British tried to end this custom of _______, in which a woman joins her husband in death
What is "sati?"
200
When a country exports more than it imports, they have this:
What is a trade surplus?
300
The Boer War was fought against this country over the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer lands?
What is Britain?
300
The longest reigning monarch in British history was?
Who is Queen Victoria?
300
The Ottoman Turks committed genocide against them
Who are the Armenians?
300
Britain and Russia each set up a sphere of influence in this empire
What is Persia?
300
The goal of the __________ was to remove the “foreign devils” from China.
What is the Boxer Rebellion (or uprising)
400
He modernized Ethiopia and had European officers train his army to fight off invaders
Who was Menelik II?
400
After buying its shares from the Suez Canal, Britain made Egypt one of these:
What is a "protectorate?"
400
The Ottoman leaders or ________ didn’t want reform, they wanted to remain absolute rulers.
What is Sultan
400
The group that tried to reform the Ottoman Empire right before World War I was
Who were the "Wahabbis?"
400
The treaty of Nanjing ended the Opium Wars and Britain gained this island:
What is Hong Kong?
500
King Leopold II of ____________ colonized and brutalized the Congo region of Central Africa.
What is Belgium?
500
Thousands of Boer families escaped British rule during?
What is the Great Trek?
500
Who controlled India from the 1600s through the mid-1800s
What is the British East India Company?
500
The major religions of India were Muslim and?
What is Hindu?
500
After the Sino-Japanese War, European countries carved out ________ along the Chinese coast.
What are "spheres of Influence?"
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