Imperial Motivations
This ideology led to the belief that the more land a country acquired, the greater that country was
What was nationalism?
This 1884-1885 meeting of European powers is associated with the "Scramble for Africa"
What was the Berlin Conference?
This valuable resource, used for fertilizer, was exported from South America
What was guano?
1857 revolt against imperialism in India
What was the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
People left this country due to a devastating potato famine and largely immigrated to the USA
What was Ireland?
The exploited ideas of Charles Darwin, used by some to justify imperialism
What was Social Darwinism?
This industrialized nation became the leading imperial power in East Asia
What was Japan?
This resource was exploited from the Congo under the brutal reign of King Leopold II of Belgium
What was rubber?
This Ethiopian emperor led the only successful African resistance against European imperialism
Who was Menelik II?
This industrial innovation was the most significant to the mass immigration of the late 1800s
What was the steam ship?
“We must at present do our best to form a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in tastes, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.”
— Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1835
The quote above is most representative of what motivation for imperialism?
What is racism?
This British colony was first used as a destination for convicted criminals
What was Australia?
What was the United Fruit Company?
The Ghost Dance movement was a movement against expansion in this country
What was the United States?
Many settlers from this East Asian nation came to the west coast of the USA to escape conflict & poverty, before an Exclusion Act paused immigration from the nation in 1882
What was China?
The belief that western peoples had the obligation to help non-western people become more "advanced"
What was the "civilizing mission"?
The site of the Boer War between British imperialists, Dutch (Boer) settlers, and indigenous Zulu forces
What was South Africa?
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this term described the regions of China where Western powers like Britain, France, and Germany controlled trade and investment without formal colonization.
What were spheres of influence?
Before being executed, Jose Rizal was a key figure in the nationalist, anti-imperial Propaganda Movement against the Spanish in this country
What was the Philippines?
Locations where immigrants often settled with others from the same country of origin
What were ethnic enclaves?
The economic motives of imperialism comes down to the west's desire for these TWO things (hint: M&M)
What are materials and markets?
Name for the period of direct British government rule over India
What was the British Raj?
This cash crop was used as a lubricant in industrial factory machines and was commonly harvested in West Africa
What was palm oil?
The War of the Golden Stool saw the rebellion of these African people against British imperialism
What was the Ashanti (Asante) Empire?
Settlers from the European country often immigrated to Argentina for better business & economic opportunity
What was Italy?