Imperialism
Vocabulary
Conflicts
People
Potpourri
Potpourri II
100
A policy in which a strong nation seizes territory and seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially?
imperialism
100
The belief that one race is superior to other races?
racism
100
A conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa.
Boer War
100
Hawaiian ruler who called for a new constitution that would increase her power and was removed by American planters who would lose political power.
Queen Liliuokalani
100
A policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs?
Assimilation
100
The lands that border the Pacific Ocean - especially those in Asia.
Pacific Rim
200
A meeting in 1884 - 1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa?
Berlin Conference
200
What is the name of a Dutch colonist in South Africa?
Boer
200
An 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India?
Sepoy Rebellion
200
Zulu chief who created a centralized state in South Africa
Shaka
200
human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
Suez Canal
200
The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
Annexation
300
Which is an accurate statement about the partitioning of Africa by European imperialist nations during the 1800s?
a. new nations were based on old tribal boundaries
b. the cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people was disregarded
c. the continent was divided equally among the colonial powers
d. African unity was encouraged.
b. the cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people was disregarded
300
A foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands.
Geopolitics
300
A conflict, lasting from 1853 to 1856, in which the Ottoman Empire, with the aid of Britain and France, halted Russian expansion in the region of the Black Sea.
Crimean War
300
Leader of the Filipino nationalists who claimed that the United States had promised immediate independence after the Spanish-American War ended.
Emilio Aguinaldo
300
This colony was called the Jewel in the Crown of Great Britain because of is importance in the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods.
India
300
English company that set up trading posts at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta in the 1600s; leading power in India from 1757 until 1858
East India Company
400
Bismarck called a meeting of European nations in 1884-1885 to?
establish rules for dividing up Africa amongst the European powers
400
The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as justification for imperialist expansion?
Social Darwinism
400
The Boxer Rebellion of the early 20th century was an attempt to?
remove foreign influences from China.
400
Emperor of Ethiopia in 1889 who successfully played Italians, French, and British against each other. In 1889 he signed a treaty with Italy?
Menelik II
400
The borders that were established for many African nations during the late 1800s was based primarily on:
territorial claims of European rulers
400
One of the first groups of Europeans to explore the interior of Africa
Missionaries
500
Which event is depicted in the political cartoon below?
The Berlin Conference
500
An Indian soldier serving under British command?
Sepoy
500
Country that defeated the Zulu and took control of South Africa
Great Britain
500
Siam modernized itself under the guidance of this king and his son Chulalongkorn
Mongkut
500
The British-controlled portions of India in the years 1757 – 1947?
The Raj
500
Country that controlled much of the Congo in the 1800s
Belgium