Motives for Imperialislm
Imperialism in Africa
Imperialism in China
Current Events
Japanese Imperialism
100

This motive for imperialism prompted the spread of Christianity

What is religious?

100

The Belgian King Leopold II very cruelly ruled this region as his personal colony, using it for its natural resources like rubber

What is the Congo?

100

The British introduced this product to the Chinese to improve its unfavorable balance of trade

What is opium?

100

The US first expanded beyond the continental 48 with the acquisition of this territory

What is Alaska?

100

This country forced the Japanese to open up to trade with the West

What is the United States?

200

The racist idea that some races are superior to others, named after a famous scientist

What is Social Darwinism?

200

This group of people were not present at the Berlin Conference

Who are Africans?

200

The time of political unrest in China when thousands of Chinese citizens attacked foreigners and the Chinese who supported them

What is the Boxer Rebellion?

200

The United States started a separatist revolt in this area in order to get rights to a canal

What is Panama?

200

The foreign policy employed by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854 when he used warships to threaten to Japanese

What is gunboat diplomacy?

300

This historical development prompted the European Powers to imperialize

What is the industrial revolution?

300

The British colonized Egypt due to its proximity to this man-made feature

What is the Suez Canal?

300

The idea that each imperial power in China should have equal trading rights with the Chinese

What is the Open Door Policy?

300

The United States launched the Spanish-American War in 1898 due to its economic interests in this, Spanish-controlled territory

What is Cuba?

300

This conflict gave the Japanese control over Korea and Taiwan

What is the Sino-Japanese War?

400

This motivation prompted European powers to desire to build the greatest and most powerful empire

What is International Competition/Political?

400

The union of British and Boer lands into one colony led to the development of this South African institution

What is apartheid?

400

The Chinese lost these two territories to the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894

What are Taiwan and Korea?

400
American settlers staged a coup d'état here, allowing the United States to annex it a few years later

What is Hawaii?

400

The government of Japan that kept it isolated from the world for 200 years

What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?

500

The idea that Europeans had a moral obligation to help civilize native Africans

What is, the White Man's Burden?
500
This man was a driver of British imperialism in Africa, dreaming of a railroad through the continent from Cape to Cairo

Who is Cecil Rhodes?

500

This treaty ended the Opium Wars and gave the foreigners in China extraterritorial rights

What is the Treaty of Nanjing/Nanking?

500

The US foreign policy in which American companies bought the debt of LA countries and the government would assure them of payment in various ways, usually through military intervention and control.

What is dollar diplomacy?

500
This historical development allowed Japan to modernize far faster than any other country in history, and made the emperor head of state

What is the Meiji Restoration?