To map the continent and find natural resources
What were reasons Europeans sent eplores to Africa?
New cures for diseases
What was the one thing Britain did not want from India?
Empire sets up a government and put their own officials in power
What is Direct Rule?
Goods a country sells to another country
What is an export?
14 years
What is how long the Tiping Rebellion lasted?
1t country to set up trade treaties in Africa
Who was Belgium?
After Slavery was abolished in India slaves were still sent here
What was the Middle East?
The taking over of a country's politics and rule by force
What is Imperialism?
Local customes being ignored by Britain
What was hoe the people of India saw the changes Britain made?
Goods a country buys and brings in from another country
What is an import?
The confrence in 1884 was in this city
What was Berlin?
British East India Company
What was the British ruling party in India?
What is Indirect Rule?
Violated old customs
What were new laws Britian put into force?
To drive out foreigners
What was the Goal of the Boxer Rebellion?
The fight by Britain and the Dutch over Gold and Diamonds in South Africa
What was the Boer War?
The people of India were so divided
Why was Britian so successful in India?~
Economic, Exploratory, Political, Religious, and Idelogical.
What are motives for Imperialism?
The distance between India and Britain
What was the main obstacle for British Rule in India?
The "Wars" in the mid 1800's and later in the mid 1900's between Britain and China
What were the Opium Wars
Racial Segregation in South Africa that lasted until 1993
What was Apartheid?
Railroads, trains, and increased education
What are "improvements" Britain made in India?
Outside power claims exclusive trading priveleges
What is Sphere of Influence?
Who argued that the policies Europeans applied in colonies was immoral?
Who were the critics?
Britain was buying more from China then they were seelnig to China
What is a trade imbalance?