Vocab
domination by one country of the political, economic and or cultural life of another country or region
What is imperialism?
The country that imperialized India
Who is England/Great Britain?
The continent that China is located in
What is Asia?
Missionaries believed it was their moral duty to spread this
What is Christianity?
(1884–1885) was a meeting held in Berlin, Germany and organized by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, during which European countries decided how they were going to divide up Africa for colonization
What was the Berlin Conference?
an area under the control of another country or empire, usually far away
What is a colony?
The two main religions that existed in India
What is Islam and Hinduism (or Muslims and Hindus)?
(1839-1842; 1856-1860) two wars fought in the mid-19th century between China and the British Empire over the British trade of opium and China’s independence
What were the Opium Wars?
1400s/1500s, new technology allowed Europeans todo this
What is explore/age of exploration?
(1881-1914) a period of time during which European countries competed for control over African land and resources
What is the Scramble for Africa?
to remain separate and alone, a country that doesn't trade or interact with others
What is isolationism?
in India, formerly, a native soldier who served in a European army, especially the British army
What is a Sepoy?
An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
What was a sphere of influence?
Europeans needed raw materials to make their goods & a market to sell their goods in
What is industrialization?
Organized the Berlin Conference
Who is Otto Von Bismarck?
to make something more European/American
(1857-1858) was a revolt of soldiers employed by the British East India Company against the Company, also known as India’s First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, and the Indian Rebellion of 1857
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
(1900) a conflict in which a group of religious Chinese nationalists opposed to foreign influence in the country attacked and killed missionaries and other foreign officials, and invaded the capital before being defeated by an international force of soldiers from imperial countries
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
People were prideful in their country, they were competitive over land
What is nationalism?
What is White Man's Burden?
a theory that was popular in the 1800s/1900s based on a misreading of the work of Charles Darwin, stating that people are engaged in a competition or “struggle for survival” in which the weakest people and nations would be destroyed and dominated while the strong grew in power and influence some people thought that inferiority was based on skin color and used the theory to justify imperialism
What is Social Darwinism?
The Sepoy rebellion began after a rumor spread that bullet cartridges were greased with this
What is animal fat?
(1842) the agreement signed at the end of the first Opium War that was the first of many unequal treaties China was forced to sign in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
What was the Treaty of Nanjing?
Made it easier for Europeans to take over other societies
What is innovations/technology?
this colony was owned by King Leopold II, and was valuable due to its rubber
What is the Belgian Congo?