_____________ is a small island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, its name means "city of the lion."
Singapore
100
DAILY DOUBLE!! The indigenous people in South Africa that frequently battled with the Boers.
Zulu
100
What was the nickname for India after Queen Victoria became the Empress of India in 1876?
The Jewel in the Crown
100
People of European and Native American descent
Mestizos
100
This is when Europeans sought nothing less than direct control over vast territories (mainly in Africa)
New Imperialism
200
The second area in Southeast Asia to come under British colonial rule. Today it is known as Myanmar.
Burma
200
The talented, charismatic leader of the Zulu people.
Shaka
200
_________were Indian soldiers hired by the British East India Company to protect the company's interests in India.
Sepoys
200
Located in Central America, it reduces the travel distance (by ship) from NYC to SF by 7,700 miles.
Panama Canal
200
Local rulers were allowed to maintain their authority and status.
Indirect Rule
300
After the French claimed Indochina, _________________ (Siam) was the last free state in Southeast Asia.
Thailand
300
He spent 30 years exploring the interior of the African continent, and he disappeared for several of those 30 years.
David Livingstone
300
The British government used "direct rule" in India through a British official known as a ________________ who was a governor that ruled as a representative of a monarch.
Viceroy
300
DAILY DOUBLE!! The ________________ was the proclamation put forth by a U.S. President in 1823 that said the American continents "henceforth were not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers."
Monroe Doctrine
300
Local elites were removed from power and replaced with officials from the colonial power.
Direct Rule
400
U.S. President William McKinley believed that it was his moral obligation to "civilize" the peoples of __________________ and turned the area into an American colony.
The Philippines
400
He was a reporter sent to find Dr. Livingstone, and after he found him, he explored the region from the Congo to the Atlantic Ocean.
Henry Stanley
400
This group formed & met in Bombay in 1885 to call for a share in the governing process in India before calling for independence from the British.
Indian National Congress (INC)
400
Spanish and Portuguese officials who temporarily resided in Latin America for political and economic gain before returning to from where they came.
Peninsulares
400
A political unit that depends on another government for its protection.
Protectorate
500
What European nation had colonial control over Vietnam until the 1950's before the United States became involved in the debacle of Vietnam?
France
500
Who were the 7 European countries that by 1914 had divided up all of Africa except for Liberia and Ethiopia?
GB, FRA, GER, BEL, ITA, SPA, POR
500
A young Hindu who in 1915 brought new life to India's struggle for independence after returning to India from South Africa.
Mohandas Gandhi
500
Descendants of Europeans born in Latin America, and who lived in Latin America permanently.