Matching 1-5
A country or a territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power.
Protectorate
Throughout the 1800s, an increased need for both raw materials and new markets for manufactured goods led various European nations to pursue policies of
A. imperialism
B. socialism
C. isolationism
D. communism
Sensationalized and exaggerated newspaper headlines.
Yellow Journalism
The term Raj is used to refer to the period of Indian history during which India was
A. in the midst of a great civil war.
B. independent of Europe and under Mughal rule.
C. dominated by the British government.
D. ruled loosely by the British East India Company.
Connects Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
Suez Canal
Legal segregation in South Africa stemming from Imperialistic ideas.
Apartheid
Which statement best expresses the motive for 19th-century European imperialism?
A. Living space was needed for the excess population in Western Europe.
B. European leaders believed imperialism was an effective method of reducing the number of wars.
C. European nations would benefit from aspects of the conquered nation’s culture.
D. Imperialism would benefit the economies of the colonial powers.
To absorb into the cultural traditions of another population or group.
Assimilate
One way in which the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China are similar is that both attempted to
A. to remove foreign influences.
B. restore democracy.
C. modernize their economy.
D. end religious conflict.
Policy of extending the control or authority over foreign countries as means of acquiring and/or maintaining an empire.
Imperialism
Leader of Belgium who lost control of the Congo after atrocities against the indigenous people.
King Leopold II
Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture is known as
A. Racism
B. Stereotyping
C. Misappropriation
D. Ethnocentrism
War fought between the British and Dutch for territory in Southern Africa.
Boer Wars
Which territory was annexed by the United States because of the economic value of its sugarcane plantations?
A. Alaska
B. the Midway Islands
C. Hawaii
D. Samoa
Formed in 1600 for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India.
British East India Company
Uprising against foreigners that occurred in China around 1900.
Boxer Rebellion
Why did the Sepoy Mutiny occur?
A. British officials did not allow Indian businesses to compete with British businesses.
B. British sepoys accidentally killed seven people.
C. Animal fat on rifle cartridges angered the sepoys.
D. Indian factory workers were being mistreated.
Adding territory to your own country.
Annexation
Emilio Aguinaldo was a
A. Filipino rebel leader who took control of the Philippine capital, Manila, with the help of U.S. reinforcements.
B. General in charge of Spain’s Pacific fleet, which was defeated by Commodore George Dewey’s ships in Manila Bay.
C. Spanish Ambassador to the United States who proposed a truce as the United States began its attack on the Spanish Caribbean fleet.
D. Filipino journalist who wrote detailed newspaper accounts of the Rough Riders’ heroism during the Spanish-American War.
Wars fought between the British and Chinese over trading conflict.
Opium Wars
Indian in the British military.
Sepoy
What does “jewel of the crown” refer to?
A. that India was just another colony in the British empire.
B. that India was the most prized colony in the British Empire.
C. that India provided many jewels for the British colony.
D. that India was in the center of the British empire.
U.S. policy that warned European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization.
Monroe Doctrine
The Opium Wars of the mid-19th century marked the beginning of the
A. rivalry between China and Taiwan.
B. domination of China by Europeans.
C. decline of European influence in East Asia.
D. global effort to combat drug use.
Individual who led the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War.
Theodore Roosevelt