Africa and Imperialism
What racist theory did the Europeans use to justify colonizing Africa?
Social Darwinism.
What was the name of the uprising where Indian soldiers went up against the British?
Sepoy Mutiny
What was the "war" that left 12 million Chinese addicted to a drug?
Opium War
Who ruled Japan before imperialism?
Tokugawa Shogunate.
Who was not invited to the Berlin Conference?
African leaders were not invited.
Who/What controlled India before British direct rule?
The British East India Company.
What word or policy describes China before Imperialism?
Isolationism
OR
Isolationist Policy
Who did Japan sign a treaty to open trade?
Matthew Perry for The United States of America.
Treaty of Kanagawa.
Why did Europeans begin to colonize Africa?
The Americas started to gain independence.
Africa had raw materials and natural resources that helped during the Industrial Revolution.
What was the era under which the British were imperializing? (Hint: It was a Queen at the time)
Victorian Era.
How did the Treaty of Nanjing benefit the British?
Exclusive rights to trade with China.
Britain controlled Hong Kong.
China paid the damages of war to the British.
The British were given extraterritoriality rights in China.
What was the period of westernization and modernization in Japan called?
Meiji Restoration.
What was the name of the event where European countries began to cut up Africa (Hint: took place in Germany)
Berlin Conference.
Why did the Indians rebel against the British?
The British forced them to use cartridges with beef and pork fat.
What was the Chinese reaction to the forced conversion to Christianity by the British? (Hint: similar to the Sepoy Mutiny)
Boxer Rebellion
Why did Japan want to be westernized?
The West was more technologically advanced.
They benefited from new weapons and technologies like trains and the Rickshaw.
How did King Leopold II violate the Human Rights of the people in the Congo?
Chopped off their hands.
Created human zoos.
Held women, hostages.
Whipped them.
How were the British able to imperialize India?
Forcing Indians to speak English.
India had diverse languages, making it hard for them to communicate.
What was the result of British Imperialism in China?
China was forced to open trade with the rest of the world
China became a sphere of Influence.
How did Japan become an imperial power?
They began to colonize, as in Korea, and began wars for land in China and Russia.