The two remaining independent African countries, following the "Scramble for Africa".
What is Liberia and Ethiopia?
100
This was the country where the U.S. built a canal connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Panama?
100
This type of imperialism is when one country takes over another, claims it as part of their country, and rebuilds it to be more like their own.
What is direct imperialism?
100
This country had the largest empire known in history, at one point controlling nearly 25% of the entire world.
What is Great Britain?
200
Belgian king who essentially owned the Congo.
Who is King Leopold II?
200
The region of Mexico that gained independence leading up to the Mexican-American War.
What is Texas?
200
Five motives for European Imperialism.
Exploration, m, Politics, Ideological, Religious, Economics.
200
A rebellion that was sparked by bullets sealed with animal fat in India.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
300
He was the leader of one of the only recorded successful instances of resistance to European imperialism in Africa at this battle. (2 part answer)
Who is Menelik II and what is the Battle of Adwa?
300
The President of the U.S. who took the actions that started the Mexican-American War.
Who is James K. Polk?
300
The concept of the "survival of the fittest" among different societies in the world.
What is Social Darwinism?
300
An area in which one nation had exclusive investment or trading privileges
What is a sphere of influence?
400
A meeting initiated in Germany. The objective of the meeting was to peacefully divide up Africa amongst the European nations in attendance. (Bonus point: name the year)
What is the Berlin Conference (1884)?
400
The leader of La Reforma.
Who is Benito Juarez?
400
An example of this type of imperialism is the use of the British East India company to gather resources from India?
What is indirect imperialism?
400
2 Part Question: The White Man's Burden is a great example of this motive for imperialism. The hidden goal of the White Man's Burden illustrates this underlying motive.
What is ideological and economic? (trying to convince people to buy European style products because a European lifestyle is superior)
500
This piece of technology was largely responsible for Europeans conquering nearly all of Africa during the Age of Imperialism.
What is the Maxim machine gun?
500
The Amendment that the U.S. forced Cuba to put into its constitution as a "payment" for helping them in the revolution against Spain.
What is the Platt Amendment?
500
This is the overall, long-term consequence of the Age of Imperialism.
What is Westernization? (also acceptable modernization, spread of technology, becoming more European, European domination of the world)
500
2 Part Question: Japan went through this period of modernization in response to the arrival of which American naval commander?
What is the Meiji Resoration, and Commodore Matthew Perry?