The military leader who led his "Red Shirts" into battle in an attempt to unify Italy
Who is Giuseppe Garibaldi?
100
Considered the birthplace of the I.R. in Europe
What is England/Britain?
100
Chinese martial-arts society who lead an anti-imperialist uprising against Western powers in China during 1900
Who are the Boxers?
100
British Foreign Minister's decision to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine
What is the Balfour Declaration?
100
the establishment, exploitation, maintenance, acquisition, and expansion of colony in one territory by a political power from another territory
What is colonialism?
200
His ideas about natural selection and evolution helped usher in the age of secularism/naturalism
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
England's neighbor to the south and the site of the earliest industrial expansion into Europe during the I.R.
What is France?
200
Dutch descended settlers in South Africa who fight a brutal war between 1899-1902 against British soldiers who attempt to conquer their nations of Transvaal and the Orange Free State
Who are the Boers?
200
James Watt was responsible for kickstarting the Industrial Revolution when he created this thing in 1763.
What is the invention of the improved steam engine?
200
Idea that imperialism was a noble process undertaken for the benefit of those being imperialized, and that the imperial power was doing them a favor.
What is the "White Man's Burden?"
300
Revolutionary Creole elite who was European educated. Helped lead revolutions against Spanish rule in Latin America in the early 1800s.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
300
Unified through a series of wars with Denmark, Austria and France.
What is Germany?
300
Indian born soldiers employed by the British Empire
Who are the Sepoys?
300
Agreement that ended the First Opium War and opened Chinese cities and ports to British trade and opium
What is the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842
300
Political philosophy that believes that there are no universal principles with which all nations may guide their actions. Instead, a state must always be aware of the actions of the states around it and must solve problems as they arise. Protecting themselves first and foremost is crucial.
What is Realism?
400
Writer whose depictions of working-class life during the I.R. helped bring attention to the plight of the common man and his exploitation during the I.R.
Who is Charles Dickens?
400
African nation who managed to successfully resist Italian colonization and conquest through political, social and ultimately military means.
What is Ethiopia?
400
Followers of the German-born writer of the Communist Manifesto.
Who are the Marxists?
400
Meeting of European imperial powers called by King Leopold of Belgium; discussing the the division of Africa
What is the Berlin Conference of 1884
400
Idea that America was destined to conquer North America and control ever greater amounts of territory, because they were a spiritually favored nation with a superior political philosophy
What is Manifest Destiny?
500
Qing Chinese empress who resisted Westernizing reforms and executed Kang Youwei, a Chinese academic and reformer.
Who is Empress Cixi?
500
Nation whose King was responsible for the most severe exploitation of Africans during the period of "New" Imperialism
What is Belgium?
500
Name for the industrial working classes in European society during the I.R.
Who are the Proletariat?
500
To have an unequal relationship with a lesser nation/people, in which that nation or people will never have the ability to be considered "part of" the greater or more powerful nation/people