Imperialism Miscellaneous
Describe what "imperialism" means...
system of empire building by founding colonies or conquering other nations
What was the Berlin Conference?
The meeting that divided African territories among European powers, without considering the interests of African people.
Who began colonizing China?
The British
This company initially controlled India before the British government took over.
What is the British East Indian Trading Company
The U.S. acquired this territory after American plantation owners and marines overthrew the monarchy.
What is Hawaii?
What is direct rule?
What is France
This war was fought between Dutch settlers and the British in South Africa, partly over control of valuable resources like gold and diamonds.
What is the Boer war?
This conflict began over trade of an addictive drug in China.
The Opium wars.
Gandhi protested British control by championing this nonviolent strategy.
What is civil disobedience?
Vietnam was colonized by this European country. Describe the problem they create here.
The French
Give me some motives of imperialism. (at least 3)
Resources, open new markets to sell good, empire building (great countries have colonies), opening military bases, controlling trade routes.
Who is King Leopold II?
This king exploited the Congo for its resources and subjected the population to brutal treatment.
This treaty ended the Opium War, opening China to trade and weakening the Qing Dynasty.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
After British rule ended, the Islamic population in India separated to form this country.
What is Pakistan?
The U.S. gained control of ______ as a result of the Spanish-American War.
The Phillipines
The feeling of pride in ones nation and the belief that they are the best.
Nationalism
This engineering project was a crucial link between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, leading to British control of Egypt.
The Suez Canal
This rebellion, led by Chinese nationalists, opposed foreign influence and Christian missionaries in China.
The boxer rebellion
This protest symbolized Gandhi’s resistance to British salt taxes.
What is the Salt March
What South East Asian country was able to remain independent? How?
Thailand (Siam), The king Chulalongkorn played Britain and France off each other to keep Siam neutral
What benefits, if any, were there to imperialism?
Infrastructure (roads, bridges), schools, hospitals, courts, things like that.
Name the method used in direct control colonization. The ones that force the colonized people to almost abandon their own culture and adopt the culture of the conquering country.
Assimilation
This U.S. policy promoted equal trading rights for all nations in China.
Open Door Policy
British issued new rifles to the sepoys that required soldiers to bite off the tips of cartridges. The cartridges were greased with animal fat either from cows (sacred) or pigs (forbidden). Sepoys massacre British men, women and children. British send in more troops and crush the rebellion. British Parliament makes India British owned territory using direct rule(British Raj)
The British move into Burma and Malaysia and open mines, what problem do they create.
Britain encouraged Chinese to immigrate to Malaysia, to work the rubber plantations and tin mines. Malays soon became a minority in their own country.