Imperialism Easy
What is a territory or region ruled directly by a foreign power?
What is Colony?
What was the joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies?
What is East India Company?
What was the nickname given to the Raj - British India - because of the wealth that it brought Great Britain?
What is Jewel in the Crown?
What was this rebellion called when Indian soldiers in British India (Sepoys) rebelled against British rule over the use of animal fat in their rifle cartridges?
What is Sepoy Rebellion?
What was the 1884-1885 conference held by European nations at which they planned the division of Africa into colonial possessions?
What is Berlin Conference?
What was the expression coined by African American writer George Washington Williams to describe the situation in the Belgian Congo?
What is Crimes Against Humanity?
What was the conflict between Great Britain and China over the British importing opium into China and marketing it?
What is Opium War?
What was the uprising against foreign/Western influence in China in 1899 that was crushed when Western powers sent in a military force called?
What is Boxer Rebellion?
President McKinley sent which ship, that eventually exploded, to the Havana Harbor to "protect American interests"?
What is USS Maine?
What is the artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade called?
What is Panama Canal?
What are the newspapers that presented little legitimate researched news and instead used eye-catching headlines to sell papers called?
What is Yellow Journalism?
Which Filipino revolutionary did Commodore Dewey enlist to help liberate the Philippines from Spain?
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
How much did the U.S. pay Spain for the Philippines?
What is $20 million?
Who became president after McKinley was shot in 1901?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
What 4 territories did the U.S. gain from the Spanish-American War to become an imperial power?