What is imperialism?
This is the practice of a powerful nation extending its control over weaker countries through military, economic, or political means.
What is imperialism?
Britain illegally smuggled this addictive drug into China, creating widespread addiction and a massive trade imbalance.
(What is opium?)
This powerful British trading company essentially controlled India through economic and military force before formal British rule began.
(What is the British East India Company?)
This 1857 Indian revolt against British rule began when sepoys refused to use rifle cartridges rumored to be greased with cow and pig fat.
(What is the Sepoy Mutiny?)
These were key figures in the fight for Indian independence
Who are Gandhi, Jinnah and Nehru?
Why did western countries need natural resources more than before that led them to expanding their influence?
What is the Industrial Revolution?
These two wars, fought in the mid-1800s, resulted from China's attempts to stop the illegal drug trade with Britain.
(What are the Opium Wars?)
After the Sepoy Mutiny, this form of direct British government replaced company rule and governed India from 1858 to 1947.
(What is the British Raj?)
This Indian independence leader is famous for using nonviolent resistance, boycotts, and civil disobedience against British rule.
(Who is Mahatma Gandhi?)
Jawaharlal Nehru was a close ally of this leader and together they pushed for an independent, unified India.
(Who is Mahatma Gandhi?)
Imperialist nations sought these overseas locations to sell the goods they manufactured in their home factories.
What are new markets?
After losing the Opium Wars, China was forced to sign these unfair agreements giving Western nations special privileges in China.
(What are unequal treaties?)
These Indian soldiers served in the British East India Company's army and played a key role in the 1857 uprising.
(What are sepoys?)
Gandhi believed in this strategy of resisting unjust laws without using violence, inspiring movements around the world.
(What is nonviolent resistance?)
Unlike Nehru, Jinnah believed that Muslims and Hindus could not share a country and pushed for a separate Muslim nation called this.
(What is Pakistan?)
Some Western nations justified imperialism using this belief that it was their duty to "civilize" and spread their culture to other peoples.
(What is the "White Man's Burden"?)
This Chinese port city was given to Britain as a result of the Opium Wars and remained under British control until 1997.
(What is Hong Kong?)
Under British rule, India was forced to export raw materials instead of developing its own industries, benefiting this country's economy.
(What is Britain?)
In this famous 1930 act of protest, Gandhi led hundreds of followers on a 240-mile march to defy a British tax.
(What is the Salt March?)
When British India was divided in 1947, this violent and chaotic process forced millions of Muslims and Hindus to relocate across new borders.
(What is Partition?)
This type of power — military, economic, and political — was used by Western nations to dominate and control colonized countries.
(What is imperial dominance?)
In this 1900 uprising, Chinese nationalists attacked foreign embassies in Beijing, angry about imperial interference in China.
(What is the Boxer Rebellion?)
Queen Victoria held this title in relation to India, making it officially part of the British Empire.
(What is Empress of India?)
Both the Boxer Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny share this common theme — people rising up against this.
(What is foreign imperial control?)
Nehru became the first person to hold this position when India gained independence in 1947, while Jinnah became the first leader of Pakistan.
(What is Prime Minister of India?)