India
Name a product that came from India
spices, silk, tea, opium
What did England fight China over?
The right to sell opium to China
the period where increased technology shifted work from farms to factories
What did the Boxers believe would deflect bullets?
punching
The movement to colonize Africa was called the _____ for Africa.
Scramble
The Sikhs are...
An Indian religious group
Who were the Boxers?
A cult that believed all foreigners should be killed and that they could deflect bullets by punching
Why does "The Sun Never Set on the British Empire"
It existed in all time zones
The Boxers were executed by...
standing strangulation
African kingdoms' populations were driven down by...
The Black Hole fo Calcutta
Besides drug dealers and colonizers, what other foreign group came to China?
Christian missionaries
______ is the longest-held colony in world history.
Why did the Empress take over China?
She banished her husband for trying to give power to Japan.
Name two natural resources from Africa
gold, diamonds, emeralds, rubber, oil, cocoa beans
Name something that British author Rudyard Kipling wrote about India.
"The White Man's Burden", "Gunga Din", "The Jungle Book"
England, France, Japan
Name three regions that England colonized.
Hong Kong, India, South Africa, Ireland, the USA, Jamaica, etc.
King Leopold's soldiers were infamous for ______ of enslaved Congolese people.
Cutting the hands off
Congo was taken over by...
Belgium
The Sepoy Mutiny was...
When Indian troops rose up against their commanders for racist policies and using pig/cow grease on cartridges.
Foreigners in Beijing were unable to escape because...
The Boxers cut the railroad ties and the foreigners shot the messengers that the Empress sent telling them about a safe passage out.
Why was the Potato Famine so deadly?
People had to pay rent in potatoes and starved to death after being kicked off their land.
Jonathan Swift jokingly suggested that the English solve the poverty problem in Ireland by...
Eating Irish babies.
The ____ Empire was the only one to defeat the English in battle.
Zulu