South East Asia
Means "to extend a nation's power over other lands."
What is imperialism?
The Suez Canal is located in this country.
What is Egypt?
This European country ruled over India for nearly 200 years.
What is Britain?
Panama was formerly a part of this country
What is Columbia
Thousands of years of imperial rule ended in China in 1911 with the collapse of this dynasty.
What was the Qing dynasty?
This nation lost the Philippines to the United States after military defeat in 1898.
What is Spain?
This Canal connected the Mediterranean and Red Seas
What is the Suez Canal?
This trading company was the first British group to gain power in India before the British government took over.
What was the British East India Company?
This U.S. President kicked Europe out of the Americas by his words, and through his physical actions.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
The Japanese defeated this country in the Sino-Japanese War
What is China?
This European country colonized Indochina: Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
What is France?
What is to annex?
This event in 1857 was a major rebellion against British rule by Indian soldiers.
What was the Sepoy Rebellion?
This U.S. President started the policy of "Dollar Diplomacy"
Who was William Howard Taft?
Secretary of State John Hay drafted this foreign policy to ensure equal trading access in China.
What was the Open Door policy?
This man's "burden" was one of the European justifications for imperialism, along with economics, rivalry, and racism.
Who is "the white man"?
This nation, located on the horn of Africa, was one of 2 in all of Africa to remain independent after the Berlin Conference.
What is Ethiopia?
These are the two major religions in India
What are Hinduism and Islam?
He was Dictator of Mexico until 1911
Who was Porfirio Diaz?
This peninsula became independent from China after the Sino-Japanese War. Japan would later annex it.
What is Korea?
This country was able to remain independent due to strong leadership and an agreement between France and Britain
What is Thailand?
The Suez Canal opened in this year
What is 1869?
The most famous Indian author under the British Raj won the 1913 Nobel Prize in literature.
Who was Rabindranath Tagore?
Prior to the Panama Isthmus, the United States planned to build a canal through this country.
What is Nicaragua?
This American Commodore arrived in Japan in 1853, forcing them to trade with the rest of the world.
Who was Commodore Matthew Perry?