Imperialism 1
What is imperialism?
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially.
What is Nationalism?
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.
What is the major resource the Congo is exploited for?
Rubber!
What did it mean when the British referred to India as the “jewel in the crown” of their empire?
It was their most valuable colony (The MVP of colonies if you will)
Europeans would claim land in the Middle East from which crumbling empire?
Ottoman Empire
What are the 2 forms of Management?
Direct and Indirect
The most consistent positive impact of Imperialism is?
What Three Industrial Inventions Made the Conquest of Africa Possible?
Machine Gun
Medicines (like Quinine)
The steamboat/locomotive
What was the name of the Indian soldiers who made up the East India Trading Company Army?
Sepoys
French Colonial possessions in Southeast Asia are named French Indochina. Which countries make up this region?
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
What are the 4 forms of Imperialism?
Colony, Protectorate, Sphere of Influence, Economic Imperialism
What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
To prevent going to war/to set the rules for the division of Africa
Who was not invited to the Berlin Conference?
African leaders.
What is something positive that came out of Britain's influence on India?
Modern Infrastructure. (Railroads, telegraph lines, canals, roads)
With the opening of the Suez Canal, this becomes the busiest the port in the world?
Singapore!
How did the Industrial Revolution lead to Imperialism?
European powers want/need more resources/raw materials.
What was the belief that colonizers had called when they thought they needed to "civilize" the inhabitants of their colonies?
The White Man's Burden.
This group of people where the first to settle in South Africa in 1652.
The Dutch!
Who Controlled India before the Sepoy Mutiny?
British East India Company!
An interest in taking land for its strategic location or products is called?
Geopolitics
What is the first war to be published in Newspapers?
What is the first war to be shown on TV?
Crimean War
Vietnam War
An American Newspaper company (the New York Herald)
Which future world leader rises to prominence in the Boer War?
Winston Churchill
Why did the Sepoy Mutiny begin?
Discrimination for their religious beliefs. (Beef fat for Hindus, Pork fat for Muslims)
Women serve as Army nurses during the Crimean War. "She" leads this movement.
Florence Nightengale