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Motives
Colonial Powers
Vocab
Events
Misc.
100
Missionaries travelling to save native souls is an example of this motive.
What is Religion?
100
South Africa was a part of this European empire.
What is Britain?
100
Pride in one's country
What is Nationalism?
100
The United States essentially told the European powers to stay out of the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
100
We watched a CNN video where this famous chef took a trip along the Congo River.
Who is Anthony Bourdain?
200
The desire to establish new military bases is an example of this motive
What is Military?
200
Vietnam was a part of this European empire.
What is France?
200
A strong country extending its control over a weaker country.
What is Imperialism?
200
After this war, the US emerged as a major imperial power.
What is the Spanish American War?
200
This nation controlled the most territory in Africa.
What is Britain?
300
a. The desire to find more raw resources is an example of this motive.
What is Economic?
300
This was the only independent South East Asian country in the 1800’s.
What is Siam?
300
Indians trained by the British as soldiers.
What is a Sepoy?
300
Chinese nationalists tried to rid China of the “foreign devils”
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
300
This group of people were the first to explore the interior of Africa.
What are Missionaries?
400
The desire to discover new lands is an example of this motive.
What is Exploratory?
400
Mozambique was a part of this European empire.
What is Portugal?
400
The invasion, occupation, and division of African territories by European powers during Imperialism.
What is the "Scramble for Africa"?
400
A war started because the British was smuggling narcotics into China.
What are the Opium Wars?
400
A novel written to expose the atrocities of European Colonialism
What is the "Heart of Darkness"?
500
The Social Darwinist justification for imperialism is an example of this motive.
What is Ideological?
500
Indonesia was a part of this European empire.
What is Portugal?
500
Europeans felt morally obligated to bring the "blessings" of civilizations to "backwards" and "primitive" people.
What is "White Man's Burden"?
500
European powers met to divide Africa into different territories.
What is the Berlin Conference?
500
The French word for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
What is Indochine?