All About War
At the end of the Boer Wars, British forces drove Afrikaners and Africans out of their land into these, segregated and unsanitary settlements.
What are Concentration Camps?
Coffee, cocoa, and cotton were all produced as this kind of crop, exported for European profit.
What are cash crops?
Pride in one’s nation and the desire for political independence or dominance is called this.
What is nationalism?
Thousands of migrants moved to California in 1849 hoping to strike rich on a precious metal during this famous event.
What is The Gold Rush?
This product, first made from tree sap, was frequently used when manufacturing goods ranging from bicycle tires to hoses.
What is rubber?
This 19th-century conflict between Britain and China was sparked by the trade of an addictive drug.
What is the Opium War?
This describes regions where a foreign power had exclusive trading rights or political influence without fully controlling the area.
What is a sphere of influence?
A country taking control of foreign territories, often using force or political influence, is known as this.
What is imperialism?
Between the years 1820-1910, this country moved towards the United States, escaping their home country's Great Famine.
What is Ireland?
This technology helped make long-distance ocean travel faster and more predictable than traditional sailing ships.
What is the steamship?
The discovery of gold and diamonds helped fuel this war in South Africa.
What is the Boer War?
This European trading company controlled parts of Indonesia, monopolizing nutmeg, cloves, and mace.
What is the Dutch East India Company?
In the late 19th century, Germany and Japan invested heavily in armies and navies, believing that national strength depended on military power. This is known as:
Militarism
Between the years 1850-1880, this country moved towards the United States, seeking work in gold mines, agriculture, factories, and the Transcontinental Railroad.
What is China?
This communication technology allowed messages to be sent faster than ever before over long distances, using electrical signals.
What is the telegraph?
In this war, Japan defeated China over control of Korea, leading to the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
What is the Sino-Japanese War?
When colonies relied on imported labor from Asia or Africa to work on sugar and cotton plantations, this system of labor was called:
What is indentured servitude?
This theory uses the concept of "survival of the fittest" to human societies, often used to justify inequality and imperialism.
What is Social Darwinism?
Between the years 1868-1907, this country moved towards Hawaii, seeking financial opportunities on sugar cane and pineapple plantations.
What is Japan?
The Transcontinental this, connected the East and West coasts, greatly increasing migration and trade in the United States.
What is a railroad?
This war began in 1898 after the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, leading the U.S. to defeat a European power and gain overseas territories.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Honduras and Guatemala were examples of this type of country - describing small Central American countries under the economic power of foreign-based corporations.
What are Banana Republics?
When a powerful nation controls another country’s economy without direct political rule, it is called this.
What is economic imperialism?
Between the years 1880-1914, this country moved towards Argentina, due to Argentinean pro-immigration policies and better wages.
What is Italy?
Used to connect seas and shorten shipping routes, these networks of man-made waterways shortened travel time for global trade.
What is a canal system?