Imperialism
This economic system pushed industrialized nations to seek raw materials and new markets overseas.
Capitalism
This event divided Africa among European powers without African representation.
Berlin Conference
This company helped Britain establish control over India.
British East India Company
This Peruvian indigenous leader rebelled against Spanish colonial rule.
Tupac Amaru II
Industrialization encouraged this type of movement of people across borders for jobs.
Migration
This 1868 event rapidly modernized Japan.
Meiji Restoration
This ideology wrongly argued that stronger nations were naturally superior and justified imperial conquest.
Social Darwinism
This Belgian king brutally exploited the Congo for rubber.
Leopold II
This 1857 rebellion in India led to direct British rule.
Indian Rebellion of 1857 or Sepoy Rebellion
This West African leader resisted French expansion for years.
Samory Toure
These communities preserved immigrant culture in foreign lands.
Ethnic Enclaves
Japan defeated this nation in the 1894–95 war over Korea.
China
This phrase described the supposed duty of Europeans to civilize colonized peoples.
Civilizing Mission (White Man's Burden)
This African queen led resistance against British imperialism in the Ashanti Empire.
Yaa Asantewaa
These wars were fought over Britain’s opium trade in China.
Opium Wars
This Native American spiritual movement aimed to restore indigenous life.
Ghost Dance Movement
This 1882 law restricted Chinese immigration into the United States.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Japan shocked the world by defeating this European empire in 1905.
Russia
Industrial powers wanted colonies mainly for these two economic reasons.
Raw Materials and Markets
This African military leader built the Zulu Kingdom into a regional power.
Shaka
This anti-foreign uprising in China sought to remove Western influence.
Boxer Rebellion
This Cherokee leader created a written syllabary to preserve indigenous culture.
Sequoyah
This transportation innovation made mass migration cheaper and faster.
Streamships
This U.S. belief justified westward expansion across North America.
Manifest Destiny
This strategic waterway made Egypt extremely important to Britain.
Suez Canal
These wars were fought between the British and Dutch settlers in South Africa.
Anglo-Boer Wars
This treaty ended the First Opium War and forced China to give Britain Hong Kong.
Treaty of Nanjing
This Sudanese religious resistance movement fought British-Egyptian rule.
Mahdist War
Push and pull factors often caused this major Irish migration in the 19th century.
Irish Immigration or Irish Diaspora
This 1898 war marked America’s emergence as an overseas imperial power.
Spanish-American War