Colonizing countries would need these to produce more finished goods. (Things like gold, indigo and cotton)
What are natural resources.
100
This was the term for the rush to colonize Africa
What is the Scramble for Africa?
100
This is the term used by Indians to describe the period of British rule
What is the Raj?
100
Due to the British requiring Indians to grow cash crops, much of the population suffered from this.
What is famine?
100
In the Ottoman Empire, this nationality was almost wiped out by a genocide
Who are the Armenians?
200
Countries would experience this feeling and want to spread their culture to other nations.
What is nationalism?
200
This was a meeting of European nations to carve up the continent of Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
200
The English abolished this practice which involved widows committing suicide by burning
What is sati?
200
The British constructed this in order to transport goods to more remote areas of India
What is a railroad system?
200
If a colony was run using this, local elites were removed from power and replaced with a set of officials from the ruling country
What is direct rule?
300
This is the belief in the "survival of the fittest," meaning the strong will survive and the weak will not.
What is Social Darwinism?
300
If a laborer did not harvest enough rubber for the week, this brutal punishment would be inflicted
What is cutting their hand off?
300
This was one of the biggest exports out of India, used to make clothing
What is cotton?
300
After the Belgian occupation of the Congo, the population of Congolese decreased by ____%
What is 50%?
300
This was the ruler who colonized the Congo
Who is King Leopold II?
400
These people would travel to newly colonized areas and attempt to convert natives to Christianity
What are missionaries?
400
What were three countries that colonized Africa
What were England, France, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and the USA?
400
This event was caused by Hindu and Muslim soldiers rebelling against the practice of greasing cartridge rifles with pig and cow fat, which against their religion
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
400
This empire, which had seen much growth throughout history, began to decline
What is the Ottoman Empire
400
This diamond which now resides in the crown jewels of England has been claimed to be stolen from India during the British colonization.
What is the Koh-i-noor Diamond?
500
This is the domination by one country of the political, economic or cultural life of another country
What is Imperialism?
500
This area of Africa was the most fertile for growing crops and therefore a desired place for colonization
What is East Africa?
500
This corporation took control over India
What is the British East India Company?
500
The British built this waterway in Egypt to create a shortcut from Europe to East and Southeast Asia
What is the Suez Canal?
500
This is a policy where a foreign power uses local leaders to control another country