Resistance
The only African nation to decisively defeat the British Empire in a major battle, specifically at the Battle of Isandlwana .
Who is the Zulu Kingdom?
Who is Japan?
This region of The Americas was filled with many natural resources that Imperialist powers traveled from Europe to fight for.
What is Central America?
This Islamic empire that once ruled over Asia, Europe, and North Africa and conquered Constantinople in 1453 and lasted for over 600 years.
Who is the Ottoman Empire?
A network of trade routes that connected Europe, Asia, and North Africa from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
What is the Silk Road?
This Indian pacifist is famous for his philosophy of nonviolence that has inspired civil rights leaders around the world
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This nation was forced to take sole responsibility for WWI, pay reparations, consolidate their army, and surrender most of their colonies.
Who is Germany?
This group stood to lose the most of its wealth and power at the conclusion of the Haitian Revolution
Who are French plantation owners?
This king had absolute power and was responsible for the increase of social inequality and religious persecution in France in the late 1600s. He ruled for 72 years.
Who is King Louis XIV?
This Asian nation is the only to become a colonial power?
Who is Japan?
To refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting
What is to boycott?
A diplomatic policy where Britain and France made concessions to Nazi Germany in an attempt to avoid war
What is appeasement?
A political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.
What is liberalism?
Both the American and French revolutionaries named this as one of the main economic causes of their rebellion.
What is taxation?
This resistance was in response to the Open Door Policy.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This economic worldwide event led to the rise of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini following WWI.
What is the Great Depression?
A powerful trading company that evolved into a colonial power, dominating trade and ruling vast territories in the Indian subcontinent
Who is the British East India Company?
This Chinese dynasty came to power in 1644 by conquering the Ming dynasty through military conquest and greatly expanded the territitory.
Who is the Qing dynasty?
Founded in 1299 and lasting over 600 years until its dissolution after World War I, this empire was one of the longest-standing in history, controlling vast territories across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This region remained largely uncolonized by Europeans from 1450 to 1750 due to deadly tropical diseases like malaria and yellow fever, as well as vast areas of uncharted geography and difficult terrain.
Who is Africa?
During WWI and WWII, government organizations encouraged citizens to support mobilization and the draft through the use of what type of media?
What is propaganda?
The 'Open Door' policy led to increased foreign influence, economic exploitation, and political instability in this country.
Who is China?
Life, Liberty and Property
What are Natural Rights?
Effectively dividing the continent among European nations with little regard for existing African political boundaries or ethnic groups, sparking a period known as the "Scramble for Africa.".
What is the Berlin Conference?