Vocabulary
The policy or practice of acquiring full potential control over another country
What is Colonolism?
This is the 1884-1885 meeting in germany set rules for European countries to divide Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
The British queen ruled during the height of Britain's empire in the 1800's
What is Queen Victoria?
The continent was heavily colonized by Europe in the late 1800s
What is Africa?
War fought in South Africa between the British and Dutch settlers
What is the Boer War?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy
What is Imperialism?
This German leader organized the Berlin Conference to prevent European countries from fighting over African land
What is Otto von Bismarck?
The Belgain king claimed the Congo Free State as his personal land.
What is Leopold II of Belgium?
The meeting where European nations divided Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
Rebellion in China against foreign influence
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
The rapid competitive invasion of occupation
What is Scramble for Africa?
This Belgian King secretly controlled the Congo Free State as his personal property
What is Leopold II of Belgium?
The German leader hosted the Berlin Conference to avoid conflict between European powers
What is Otto von Bismarck?
The river region was controlled brutally by Belgium
What is the Congo Free State?
War between Britain and China over trade
What is the Opium War?
used the United States used to take up the (burden) of imperialism
What is White Man's Burden?
This term describes the rapid competition between European powers to claim land in Africa during the 1800s
What is Scramble for Africa?
The European nation that controlled the Congo Free State through King Leopold II.
What is Belgium?
The only African country never fully colonized
What is Ethiopia?
Uprising in India against British rule in 1857
What is the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
A violent anti-foreign, anti-foreign, and anti-imperialism
What is Boxer Rebellion?
European explorers often forced African leaders to sign these arguments that falsely promised Protection but Actuually gave Europeans control of the land
What is Trieties?
The continent where European nations competed for colonies in the late 1800's
What is Africa?
The country that colonized Algeria
What is France?
The war that gave the U.S. Control of territories like the Philippines
What is the Spanish-American War?