The Scramble for Africa
Terminology
Trade Interests
Key Figures
100

Economic competition for markets and raw materials, national pride, racism, missionaries desire to Christianize and civilize indigenous tribes were all motives behind the European race for colonies.

True or False.

What is true?

100
A policy that a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt institutions and customs.

What is assimilation?

100

The main force behind all others that drove imperialism in Southeast Asia.

What is trade?

100

The name of the personified figure that represents the United States in political cartoons.

Who is Uncle Sam?

200

The three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.

What are the Zulus, the Boers (Dutch), and the British?

200

The belief that one race is superior of another.

What is racism?

200

The trade of this product influenced the United States' interest in Hawaii.

What is sugar?

200

England's reigning queen during the Opium War.

Who was Queen Victoria?

300

This ruler lead Ethiopia in a successful resistance movement against the Europeans.

Who is Emperor Menelik II?

300

A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities.

What is the sphere of influence?

300

European nations were interested in controlling Muslim lands for these two reasons.

What are strategic location and natural resources?

300
This U.S. president issued a well known doctrine in 1823 that shares his name.

Who is President James Monroe?

400

This disease hampered European efforts to colonize Africa.

What is malaria?

400

Under these rights, foreign citizens are not subject to laws of other countries.

What are extraterritorial rights?

400

The development of these two technological advance, trade in Latin America grew.

What are the steamship and railroads?

400

This Cuban writer and revolutionary was punished by the Spanish colonial government with exile.

Who was Jose Marti?

500

No African ruler was invited to attend the meetings held during the Berlin Conference.

True or False.

What is true?

500

A military dictator of a Latin American country.

What is a caudillo?

500

The British shipped opium to China in exchange for this product.

What is tea?

500

The leader  of a group of nationalists in the Philippines who fought against U.S. occupation.

Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?