Africa
African workers would be X-Rayed after leaving work from these locations
Diamond Mines
Because of, among other things, its economic value, India was referred to as...
The Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire
A mutiny broke out among Indian soldiers because a rumor stated that...
Ammo cartridges were sealed with animal fat.
What the British were smuggling into China in response to a trade imbalance
Opium
The majority of Irish are this religion
Catholic
The resource that the Belgians were extracting from the Congo
Rubber
These two countries competed with one another, and created the two largest empires of the imperial period
Britain and France
The Hindi word Lutna means...
To take something that belongs to someone else
The name of China's rulers during this time period
Qing or Qing Dynasty
The reason Ireland's potato crop failed during the famine
Fungus or the "blight"
The name of the conference, at which Africa was divided up between European powers
Berlin Conference
The European claim that they were helping the people they were colonizing by bringing them "civilization" was also known as...
The White Man's Burden
The name of the mercenaries working for the British
Sepoys
The island territory that China had to give up to the British after their defeat
Hong Kong
The portion of Ireland occupied by the British
Northern Ireland
The name of the African leader who united various tribes in resistance against British imperialism
Shaka Zulu
Quinine was a drug to prevent this disease, which had previously prevented Europeans from exploring/occupying parts of Africa
Malaria
The name of the English company that began the colonization of India
British East India Company
The European country that Japan defeated after successfully becoming an imperial power
Russia
Ireland's language, that the British attempted to ban the speaking/writing of
Gaelic
The name of Belgium's King, for whom the Congo was considered "personal property"
King Leopold II
Named after an evolutionary biologist, who came up with the theory of "Survival of the Fittest," European imperialists adapted his ideas to argue that some cultures were naturally superior to others. They called this...
Social Darwinism
The name of the empire that was in place prior to India becoming a British colony
Mughal Empire
The name of Japan's period of modernization and reform
Meiji Reform (or Restoration)
The name of the time period that refers to violence and unrest in Northern Ireland
The Troubles