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New vs. Old Imperialism
Africa
Resistance Strategies & Egypt
India
Forms of Imperialism
100
These "three g's" are the motivations for Old Imperialism
What are are gold, glory, and gospel
100

This meeting developed the European procedures/process for claiming African states  during New Imperialism

What is the Berlin Conference

100

Three Failed Resistance Strategies

Forming alliances with European nations

Asking for a European nation to protect them

Trading with European nations

Asking European nation to help them defeat their rivals

100
These soldiers were trained by the British to fight for the East India Company's army
What are sepoys
100

Egypt and India are all examples of this form of imperialism.

What are colonies

200

Which country first began sailing and colonizing other regions of the world?

Portugal

200

These European countries were involved in the "Scramble for Africa"

What are England, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, and Spain

200

Three Advantages/Strategies that explain Menelik II's successful resistance strategy in Ethiopia 

- Geographic Advantages, highlands & Mts for guerilla warfare defense

- Buffer Zone between 3 rival European empires

- Divide & Conquer Strategy vs. 3 European rivals

200
India was known as the most valuable of all Britain's colonies, the "______________"
What is the "jewel in the crown"
200
These were used by European powers in China to control business and investment and to stop Western countries from creating colonies
What are spheres of influence
300

New Imperialism's impact was usually felt throughout these continents and countries

What are Africa, India, Southeast Asia, China, Australia/New Zealand

300

Three early obstacles to European entry into Africa?

Ocean flowing Rivers with Cataracts (rapids)

Mosquito-borne Disease

10 M hostile natives who spoke thousands of lanugages

300

Why England wanted Egypt in the first place?

To protect their Suez Canal or short cut to the "crown jewel" of the BR empire

300
The Sepoy Mutiny broke out due to this rumor
What is that the rifle cartridges were greased with beef and pork fat (against Hindu and Islam religions)
300
The British East India Company's rule over India from 1757-1858 is this form of imperialism
What is economic imperialism
400

Describe TWO examples of New Imperialism

-Scramble for Africa (European colonies)

-British Empire (Australia, New Zealand, Africa, India, China)

-Japanese Empire (Korea, Manchuria, China)

-U.S.A. (Philippines, Cuba, Central America)

400

Three ways Europeans overcame the obstacles blocking their access to the interior of Africa?

Shallow-bottomed steamships to negotiate the Cataracts (rapids)

Quinine for Malaria

Maxim Machine gun to gun down hostile natives

400

Three failed African Responses to Europeans & New Imperialism

- Fighting them w/traditional weaponry

- Trading w/Europe--also got the worse end of the bargain

- Forming treaties or alliances--Europeans always lied or betrayed them later

- Purchasing weapons--Were always inferior to Europeans' weapons

400
British rule after India came under direct control of England was called this
What is Raj
400

Describe a protectorate and give an example of one we've discussed in class.

What is a country or territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power. Examples include Egypt or India

500

Describe TWO examples of Old Imperialism

-Spanish Conquistadors in South America (Aztec, Maya, Inca)

-English 13 Colonies

-Columbus and the "New World"

-Russia in Alaska

500

Describe as many negative economic effects of imperialism on Africa(ns) as you can:

-top jobs to foreigners, labor jobs to locals

-European manufactured goods replace local goods

-food crops destroyed for new, cash crops

-took valuable resources

500

Three key terms associated with BRs later efforts to protect Egypt & the Suez Canal.

- Sudan Invasion to protect headwaters of the Nile

- Mahdi leader of Sudan's massive Muslim minions 

- Maxim machine gun

- Battle of Khartoum

- General Kitchener

500
Describe 2 positive and 2 negative effects of India under British rule
Positive: more modernization and nationalist practices and groups; moving away from traditional practices and the rigid caste separation; economic success, infrastructure, education Negative: racism from Social Darwinism and result of Sepoy Mutiny; split of Hindu and Muslim population (Bengal), social class determines Indian occupations and British citizens dominance over them
500

Describe the difference between imperialism and colonialism

Imperialism = the belief system of economic/political dominance over other countries/territory Colonialism = the practice of creating colonies and other ways of maintaining dominance over those countries