The New Imperialism/British Empire
Who was credited with proposing the theories of evolution and natural selection based on the idea of the “survival of the fittest”?
Charles Darwin
Who was the German Chancellor who called the Berlin Conforence to discuss the partitioning of Africa?
Otto von Bismarck
Who was the most famous philosopher in Chinese history who promoted the Five Relationships and the Five Virtues?
Confucius/Kong Fu Zi
Who was an early supporter of the Chinese Communist Party who would later become its leader and fight against the Chinese Nationalist Party?
Mao Zedong
Who did Japan defeat in the Sino-Japanese war?
China
Who was the famous British explorer and cartographer who was killed and eaten by Hawaiian natives?
James Cook
Who was Cecil Rhodes?
The British politician and businessman who dreamed of a “Cape to Cairo” railway and telegraph line.
Who was Di Xin?
a Chinese emperor who built a lake of wine and a forest of meat upon the request of his favorite concubine, Daji. His wastefulness and cruelty helped bring an end to his family’s dynasty
The Eight Nation Alliance put an end to which determined and zealous group of Chinese rebels?
The Boxers/The Righteous and Harmonious Fists
A dispute over Russian deployment of warships in Port Arthur led to the outbreak of what conflict?
Russo-Japanese War
What was the name of the poem written by Rudyard Kipling in 1899 about Europe’s newfound duty to civilize the rest of the world?
The White Man's Burden
Italy launched a failed attempt to colonize which African country?
Ethiopia
What was the name of the meeting between a British diplomat and the Qianlong Emperor in which the Emperor refused to agree to more trade?
The Macartney Embassy
Who was the major opponent of the opium trade who wrote a letter to Queen Victoria, and when that did not work, ordered the destruction of tens of thousands of ounces of opium, infuriating the British?
Lin Zexu
Seppuku was the form of ritual suicide meant to be carried out by dishonored Samurai according to which Feudal Japanese code of ethics?
Bushido
In South Africa, what were the Dutch farmers who fought several wars against the British called?
Boers
The Congo Free State was an African colony owned personally by which European Monarch?
Which region in China were the Qing Dynasty rulers from?
Manchuria
How did the Second Opium War start?
A captured Chinese pirate ship, named the Arrow, claimed it was actually a British ship.
Also a Catholic missionary was killed in an area in which foreigners were not allowed to travel.
During most of the Edo period, Japan closed itself off from the rest of the world due to what official government policy?
Sakoku "closed country"
Which conflict led to the disbanding of the British East India Company in favor of direct British oversight in India?
Sepoy Rebellion
Who was the British-American journalist and explorer who was hired by the King of Belgium to chart a course along the Congo River?
Henry Stanley
What were the first three dynasties in ancient Chinese history?
1. Xia
2. Shang
3. Zhou
Who was the pro-westernization emperor of China who was overthrown in a coup and arrested by the forces of the more traditionalist Empress Cixi?
Guangxu
Who became the first unquestioned shogun of all of Japan upon defeating the supporters of the young heir, Hideyori, at the battle of Sekigahara?
Tokugawa Ieyasu