General
This term describes the European justification of colonizing other parts of the world and was also the name of a famous poem.
This European power colonized and ruled over India until their independence was gained in 1947.
Great Britain
This war was fought to expand American economic interests in the Caribbean and the Pacific in 1898.
The Spanish-American War
This was the policy adopted by both the Chinese and Japanese for hundreds of years that closed them off from the rest of the world.
Isolationism
This was the nickname given to the rapid colonization of Africa by the European industrial powers.
The Scramble for Africa
This term describes the European efforts to spread their culture across the world and absorb those that they colonized.
Assimilation
The struggle for Indian independence was led by this individual.
Gandhi
This was the name of the French colonial possession in Southeast Asia.
French Indochina
This meeting of European leaders took place to determine the fate of the African continent.
Berlin Conference
This term supported the belief that stronger nations will dominate and outlast the weaker ones.
Social Darwinism
This was the corporation established by the British to directly govern India and control all economic activity there.
The British East India Company
American settlers overthrew the queen of this island chain in the Pacific.
Hawaii
An American fleet led by this man led to the opening of Japan for global trade.
Commodore Matthew Perry
This was the native tribe that the British defeated in warfare in South Africa
The Zulu
This was the term that describes the extreme national pride felt by white Europeans that gave them the belief that their country, race and culture was superior to others.
Nationalism
Explain why India was nicknamed "The Brightest Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire.
It generated the most wealth of any British colonial possession.
Treaty of Kanagawa, allowed the U.S. to trade with Japan using two ports
This was the period of rapid industrialization and reform in Japan that saw the return of the Emperor's authority.
This canal in Africa was constructed to decrease the cost and time it took to travel and send goods from Europe to Asia.
The Suez Canal.
No matter the European country or the land they colonized, this was the end goal.
Maximizing profits through economic exploitation of the native population.
Explain how India was unique from other parts of the world that were colonized by European states.
India was already in the process of industrializing and had been a dominant global economic power before it was colonized, and the British set their progress back hundreds of years.
This was the name given to the American media's effort to sway public opinion in favor of launching a war against Spain.
Yellow Journalism
Explain the three parameters of the Treaty of Nanjing, which ended the First Opium War.
Granted extraterritorial rights to foreigners in China, gave Britain control of Hong Kong, opened China up to the rest of the world for trade.
This was the group of Dutch-speaking people who established their own independent states in South Africa, but were forced out by the British.
The Boers.