Motives
A feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country.
What is nationalism?
King Leopold II of Belgium was more worried about this raw material than the fact that his soldiers were cutting off the hands of innocent Congolese.
Because India was a valuable colony, it was referred to as this.
What is the "Jewel in the Crown"?
The term used to describe China thinking their culture was better than others.
What is ethnocentric?
This American forced Japan to open up to trade.
Who is Matthew Perry?
Belief that it was “natural” for strong nations to take over weaker nations.
What is Social Darwinism?
A meeting of European leaders to discuss how to colonize Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
A rebellion of Indian soldiers in the British soldiers caused by pig and cow fat on rifle cartages.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
These wars were fought between China and Britain over a deadly drug.
What are the Opium Wars?
These were limited in Japan and made industrialization harder.
What are natural resources?
A poem by Rudyard Kipling which argued that Europeans had a duty to “civilize” others.
What is the "White Man's Burden"?
Wars between Dutch farmers and Britain in South Africa.
What are the Boer Wars?
This raw material came from India but caused wars in China.
What is opium?
This unequal treaty ended the Opium War and gave Hong Kong to the British.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
The rapid industrialization and westernization of Japan.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
Economic policy where the mother country gets wealthy by establishing colonies for raw materials and markets for goods.
What is mercantilism?
This empire fought off imperialism by the British for several years before being defeated.
What is the Zulu Empire?
This British company controlled India from 1650 until the British government took control.
What is the British East India Company?
Selected areas of China where only certain foreign countries could trade.
What are spheres of influence?
War between China and Japan. Japan took some areas of China.
What is the Sino-Japanese War?
Europeans wanted to spread this religion.
What is Christianity?
These two African countries were never imperialized by Europeans.
What are Liberia and Ethiopia?
This organization was formed in 1885 to attempt to get self-rule for India.
What is the Indian National Congress?
Chinese citizens who believed they were immune to bullets fought to get foreigners out of China.
What are the Boxers?
War between Russia and Japan. Japan became the first Asian country to defeat a European power.
What is the Russo-Japanese War?