Unit 6
This type of supremacist thinking based on a misapplication of the theory of evolution fueled the rise of "scientific racism"
What is social Darwinism?
Rules for settling Africa were decided by colonial powers at this meeting in Germany
What is the Berlin Conference?
The deadliness of WWI was in part due to the use of this invention by Hiram Maxim
What is the machine gun?
The United States remains the only country ever to use this WWII ending invention in battle.
What are atomic bomb?
This was the title given to generals in feudal Japan
What is a shogun?
A rumor about cow and pig fat being used to grease cartridges started this anti-imperial war in India
What is the sepoy rebellion?
A style of imperialism where power is exerted by corporation and through trade treaties rather than direct political control
What is economic imperialism?
This style of totalitarian government was used in Spain, Italy, and Germany
What is fascism?
His death sparked WWI
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
This Muslim empire known for its religious tolerance was once ruled by Akbar the Great
What is the Moghul Empire?
This style of semi-coerced labor was largely responsible for the Indian diaspora in the Caribbean, Pacific region, and across the British empire
What is indentured servitude?
Based on the Rudyard Kipling poem of the same name, this idea held that it was the moral responsibility for Europeans to replace indigenous ideas, practices, and institutions with European ones around the world.
What is the White Man's Burden?
These Stalinist policies rapidly industrialized the USSR at the cost of millions of lives
What are the 5-year-plans?
He was the first leader of the Soviet Union
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
He established a navigation school in Portugal
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
This was the world's first immigration law and was passed due to nativist sentiments in California
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
In this type of imperial holding indigenous peoples were displaced by people from the "home country" which exerted direct rule
What is a settler colony?
The effectiveness of this international organization was first tested by Japan's invasion of Manchuria
What is the League of Nations?
A genocide in this country led by Pol Pot killed 25% of its entire population following its communist revolution
What is Cambodia?
This medieval city was the center of Islamic learning in the Mali Empire
What is Timbuktu?
This descendant of the Inca royal family led a resistance movement against the Spanish colonizers
Who is Tupac Amaru?
This Belgian king killed over 11 million people in Congo
Who is Leopold II?
The decline of this empire resulted in Russian incursions during the Crimean war
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This was the name given to the mass starvation campaign used against Ukrainian Kulaks by the USSR
What is the Holodomor?
This Hindu trading empire in Indonesia collapsed after the rise Muslim sultanates along the strait of Malacca
What is the Majapahit empire?