A Western-Dominated World
The Partition of Africa
Europe and the Muslim World
The British Take Over India
China and the New Imperialism
People by Position
100

Concern for their "little brothers" beyond the seas, highlighted this imperialistic motivation.

What are Humanitarian Interests?

100

He spoke the famous phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

Who is Henry Stanley?

100

Its construction began in 1859 and Europeans celebrated its opening in 1869.

What is the Suez Canal?

100

After 1858, British Parliament placed India under the control of this governing figure.  

What is a Viceroy?

100

The substance that caused Britain and China to go to war in 1839.

What is Opium?

100

King of Belgium from 1865 to 1909.

Who is Leopold II?

200

The military technology seen here; that gave Europeans an advantage in their imperialistic quests. 

What is the Maxim Gun (Machine Gun)?

200

No Africans were invited to this international conference which set the rules for governing the continent. 

What was the Berlin Conference of 1884?

200

A liberal movement that overthrew the Ottoman Sultan in 1908.

Who are the Young Turks?

200

Beginning in the 1600s, this trading company developed more and more influence in India. 

What is the British East India Company?

200

A rebellion that aimed to establish a "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace". 

What is the Taiping Rebellion? 

200

"The Father of Modern Egypt"

Who is Muhammad Ali? 
300

The region claimed by the United States as its Sphere of Influence.

What is Latin America?

300

The region brutally controlled by Belgium for resource extraction. 

What is the Belgian Congo?

300

This was the result of distrust between Turkish nationalists towards Christian Armenians in the late 1890s.

What is the Armenian Genocide?

300

A rebellion of Indian soldiers that caused Britain to place India directly under the British crown's control. 

What was the Sepoy Rebellion?

300

A secret Chinese society, which westerners called the Boxers. 

Who are the Righteous Harmonious Fists?

300

The modernizing ruler of Ethiopia.

Who is Menelik II?

400

A controversial poem by Rudyard Kipling supporting imperialism.

What is "The White Man's Burden"?

400

He led resistance against French imperialism in West Africa. 

Who is Samori Touré? 

400

An Arabian movement that rejected schools of theology and law that had emerged in the Ottoman Empire. 

What is Wahhabi?

400

The goal of both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League. 

What is Self-Rule (Independence)?

400

Japanese control of Island of Taiwan was a result of this War.

What is the Sino-Japanese War?

400

The first President of the Republic of China.

Who is Sun Yixian?

500

The 1800s saw the Ottoman Empire, Qing Dynasty and this other older civilization begin to decline. 

What is the Mughal Empire?

500

It was created when Britain merged the Cape Colony and former Boer Republics after winning the Boer War in 1910.

What is the Union of South Africa?

500

The ruling dynasty of Iran from 1794 to 1925.

Who are the Qajar Shahs? 

500

Sati and Purdah were Indian customs that impacted this segment of its population. 

Who are Women?

500

Its collapse followed Ci Xi's death in 1908.

What is the Qing Dynasty?

500

A great scholar of India and reformist.

Who is Ram Muhan Roy?