China
How did China feel about being imperialized?
China was not happy/did not want it/independence/ did not trust colonizers
Which country colonized India?
England/Britain
What was the mass colonization of Africa called?
The Scramble for Africa
What would you call a region of the world that is being overtaken by outside countries for its resources/goods/money
colonized/imperialized
China was able to stay largely independent and controlling of their own industry until this set of wars occurred between them and the British, ultimately leaving them open to British and foreign control.
Opium Wars
Military weakness in India led to them being colonized by which country?
Britain
King Leopold was from the colonizing country of Belgium and took which country for his own personal gain
The Congo
Social Darwinism Europeans justified their idea of the "White Man's Burden" because
They felt superior/thought this allowed them to colonize Africa/imperialism
What was the purpose of the Chinese government writing a letter to the Queen of England?
To try and persuade her to stop bringing opium into the country/to stop getting Chinese addicted to Opium/to leave them alone
Adele
Why was Africa chosen by many of the European nations as their first main colony
Africa had many resources
One major reason Europeans participated in imperialism is because they needed
materials/resources because of industrialization
The primary reason France and Japan were interested in controlling parts of Indochina in the 20th century was to
gain resources, make money
The British caused famine (lack of food) in India by doing what
forcing Indians to grow/produce goods that were not edible, caused lack of food, forced famine/ took away natural resources from Indians
This was the meeting between European countries to obtain pieces of Africa and not go to war
Berlin Conference
What forms of technology helped Europeans colonize Africa
guns/weapons/trains/steam engines/medicine
The Chinese led this fight to try and kick out imperialist countries - they lost, and received harsh punishments, including paying back the countries they fought and allowing more trade to take place
Boxer Rebellion.
The government of Great Britain built railroads, schools, and irrigation systems in colonial India primarily to
educate the people who would work for them/improve work conditions to make more money/make more money
This excerpt from the The White Man's Burden shows us that Europeans felt...
"Take up the White Man's burden—Send forth the best ye breed—Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild- your new caught peoples, Half devil and half child. . . ."
superior, needed to civilize people they wanted to control, civilize "barbarians" they encountered
What policy used by Europeans is most closely associated with Treaty of Nanjing, occupation in China and the Opium Wars.
Imperialism