India
The British forced Indians to give up subsistence farming and instead grow these.
Cash Crops
Commodore Matthew C. Perry was sent by this country to travel to Edo Bay with black warships and use gunboat diplomacy to open up Japan to trade.
United States
This new form of transportation was vital to the exploration and colonization of the African interior.
Steamship
Alfred T. Mahan argued that this branch of the military was the most important in the late 19th century: emphasizing strategic importance, economic prosperity, colonial expansion, and national defense.
Navy
The Industrial Revolution
Name one cultural tradition or norm in India that was criticized as barbaric by the British.
Sati
Child Marriage
The Caste System
Polygamy
Hinduism (Idol Worship and Animal Sacrifices)
Lack of Women's Rights and Education
Meiji Restoration
Quinine alleviated the severity of this disease and made it possible to explore the interior of Africa.
Malaria
The tendency to judge other cultures, practices, or beliefs based on the standards and values of one's own culture, often considering them inferior or less valid.
Ethnocentricity
European imperial powers used this rationale to justify their conquests, claiming that they were bringing progress, civilization, and superior culture to less developed societies; arguing it was only natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker nations.
Social Darwinism
The "Blowing From a Gun" execution method greatly upset Hindus and Muslims becasue it didn't provide proper burial rites after Indians were killed using this weapon.
Canon
Japan's surprising victory against this country showed the world that they were a global power.
Russia
This meeting among European rulers carved out the African continent to establish the colonial boundaries for each colony.
The Berlin Conference
This strategy was used to create disrust and resentment among native communities by showing favoritism for one group or stirring up issues between them to foster a lack of unity.
Divide and Rule
The Chinese Expulsion Act was one of several laws passed that heavily regulated this movement of people, because western countries wanted to limit the influx of different races and ethnicities.
Immigration
This innovation made it possible for the British to communicate across the subcontinent, allowing them to share information, report on emergencies, and coordinate with the military within minutes.
Telegraph
Japan's imperial expansion would eventually end after their defeat in this major conflict.
World War II
Menelik II invested in weaponry to fight off Italy's attempt to colonize this African country.
Ethiopia
One method of imperialist policy was the implementation of tariffs which protected domestic businesses from foreign competition. Tariffs taxed these, which are goods coming in from other countries.
Imports
Many have criticized these institutions as prolonging the legacy of imperialism because they house historical artifacts that were taken without permission and without regard to its cultural significance to its place of origin.
Museums
Industrial farming in India created the conditions for these, which killed over 15 million Indians in the latter half of the 19th century.
Famine
Shogun
Muhammad Ali was a ruler of Egypt who sought to industrialize this cash crop in his country. Especially after the United States Civil War, and the abolition of slavery, dramatically hurt their industry.
Cotton
In this system, colonial powers collaborated with local authorities and maintained preexisting institutions to govern and use the structures already in place for imperial purposes.
Indirect Rule
This strategy was used to suppress indigenous languages, cultures, and traditions, by forcing indigenous communities to learn and accept European languages, religions, and customs.
Assimilation
This event led to the British government taking control of India from the British East India Company.
The Great Indian Rebellion (The Sepoy Mutiny)
Siam was the only country in Asia to remain independent from European imperialism. Today, that country is called this.
Thailand
During the Boer Wars in South Africa, the Boers used this tactic to disrupt British operations; an irregular fighting style that used coordinated suprise attacks rather than large battles.
Guerilla Warfare
During imperialism, the actions of Europen countries were paternalisitc, often infantilizing indigenous populations; which means treating them like...
Children
In the world-systems theory, these nations have and continue to be subjected to exploitation and political subjugation by core nations.
Periphery