Geography
This region was divided among European powers at the Berlin Conference.
What is Africa?
This is a territory governed by a foreign power.
What is a colony?
This Italian traveled to China before the peak of the Age of Exploration bringing back knowledge of Asian culture.
Who is Marco Polo?
This crucial waterway in Egypt connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
This is a state controlled and protected by another.
What is a protectorate?
This Portuguese Explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe, he was killed by native peoples in the Philippines.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This Eurocentric term was used to describe Africa, highlighting its perceived mystery.
What is the Dark Continent?
A region where a foreign power exerts significant control, often for economic purposes, several examples of these were seen in China during the 19th century.
What is a sphere of influence?
These Spanish explorers were responsible for defeating the mighty Incan and Aztec empires.
Who are the conquistadors? Who are Cortez and Pizarro?
This South African ethnic group was known for their military prowess under a leader named Shaka.
Who are the Zulus?
This term describes the policy of absorbing colonized peoples into the culture of the imperial power.
What is assimilation?
This British missionary and explorer was one of the first Europeans to travel deep into the interior of Africa.
Who is David Livingstone?
This was a strategic trading port on the Malay Peninsula controlled by various European powers.
What is Melaka?
These two types of control during the age of imperialism were different based on the relationship between the colonial power and local leaders.
What are direct and indirect control?