Products
This product made South Africa more valuable to Great Britain
Diamonds
The bloodiest war until WWII was known as the
Taiping Rebellion
This country remained independent after defeating Italy
Ethiopia
The belief that whites were naturally superior to their colonial subjects was part of
Social Darwinism
This drug allowed Europeans to travel into the interior of warm climates
Quinine
The Belgians wanted this product from Congo
Rubber
Give two reasons why the Taiping Rebellion failed
Internal divisions, attacks on foreigners, Land reform angered landowning class, insanity/paranioa
This country maintained its independence by being a buffer between British and French colonies in Asia
Thailand (Siam)
What traditional African practices did European missionaries try to get rid of?
Polygamy, FGM
Describe two traditional Indian practices that the British tried to eliminate
Child marriages, Sati
The British forced the Egyptians and Indians to grow this product
Cotton
What was the formal name of the Boxers
The Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fist
This tribe at first defeated the British but eventually was defeated by their superior weaponry.
Zulus
This mostly positive European influence created a new divide among colonial people
Education
Who are the native people of New Zealand?
The Maoris
This product allowed the people of the British Gold Coast (Ghana) to make money on the world market
Cocoa
Who led the Taiping Rebellion?
Hong Xiuquan
The native Americans, especially the Sioux, practiced this in order to bring back the buffalo and drive out the white man
Ghost Dance
Name two sports that countries that were originally British colonies excel at.
Rugby, Cricket
A new division of colonial people that was brought exclusively by their European colonizers was between those
Who were western educated and those who were not
Indentured servants from Asia were brought to Suriname to grow this product
Sugar
This religiously inspired rebellion in was inspired by rumors of gun cartridges greased in animal fat.
Sepoy Rebellion
This religiously inspired rebellion in German East Africa was brutally defeated.
Maji Maji
What was the lasting end result of colonial wage labor?
Urbanization(large cites)
This man from the West Indies argued that each race had its own unique and different contributions to make to the world.
Edward Bylden