Causes
Countries competed with each other for colonies all over the world, but none could compare to this country - where the "sun never set."
Great Britain
When a country takes and directly controls a territory in a foreign land, that area becomes known as its...
Colony
Addictive drugs were behind the two wars fought between Qing Dynasty China and the British Empire. What do historians call these conflicts?
The Opium Wars
The European powers were joined by this country in the Western Hemisphere when it came to imperial activity in the Modern Era. You probably call it home.
United States of America
This term means "a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force." A simpler way to think about it may be: empire-building.
Imperialism
This type of imperialism wasn't about taking over colonies, but instead about controlling the economies of foreign countries.
Economic Imperialism
Often times imperial powers would set up these in the colonies they controlled, in an attempt to spread their cultural values, education, and ideas to children.
Schools
These Indian soldiers in the British East India Company army led a revolt against British domination in 1857.
Sepoys
"New" Imperialism primarily took place on these two continents.
Africa and Asia
Main reason why the Europeans treated the African countries more brutally than the SE Asian ones
Slave trade
These type of materials were what the imperial powers were all after. These are things that cannot be renewed
Natural Resources
Imperial powers used iron and then steel to build these in their colonies, allowing for easier transportation of people but more importantly large loads of materials.
Railroads
In modern-day South Africa, this kingdom waged a fierce war against British colonial forces.
Zulu Kingdom
The Tanzimat Reforms were an attempt to modernize by this country.
The Ottoman Empire
The reason Europe was able to conquer Africa/Asia so easily
Superior technology
This term is defined as “loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation.” It inspired countries to compete with each other over colonies and international prestige.
Nationalism
Certain countries noticed they were falling behind the Western Imperial Powers. Their attempts to "catch up" are known as...
Modernization
The Sepoy's chose to rebel because the British forced them to use
cartridges with pig/cow fat
European leaders met in this German city to carve up Africa in a fair and "gentlemanly" way.
Berlin
The Belgian Congo colony was known for the production of this stretchy resource.
Rubber
This philosophy proposed a “survival of the fittest” for human races and ethnicities - meaning certain groups succeed or become powerful in the world because they are simply better.
Social Darwinism
The main reason the Chinese government failed at their "Self-Strengthening" movement
They were too conservative
The West called them "Boxers" but their organization was actually known as...
The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
This leader declared himself "Mahdi" or messiah to his group of followers and waged a bloody rebellion against invading colonizers from Egypt and Britain.
Muhammad Ahmad
This man is the national personification of France, and was featured in many political cartoons of the time.
Napolean