motives of imperialism
What does "R" in RIPEE stand for?
religious movtive
What is European competition that led to the carving of Africa known as?
Scramble for Africa
Which war led to the unequal treaties between China and the Great Britain?
Opium Wars
Which European power colonized India?
What did the British want from China that prompted a war?
tea
What justification did Europeans use for racism?
social dariwinism/ survival of the fittest/ natural selection
In 1885, Europeans gathered in a conference in order to avoid war with each other. In this conference they laid out the rules for colonization of Africa. What is this known as?
The Berlin Conference
The unequal treaty between the US and Japan in 1853 prompted Japan to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and restore the monarchy. Japan would then subsequently westernize and modernize. What is this known as?
The Meiji Restoration
What event led to the British crown directly taking control of India in 1857?
The Seopy Rebellion
What raw material did Britain mainly import from India?
cotton
"I" in RIPEE stands for ideology. This refers to the belief that the Europeans have a moral duty to civilize other non-industrilized nations. What is this known as?
White Man's Burden
Name 1 invention (as a result of the industrial revolution) that allowed European colonization of Africa.
steam engine, maxim gun, antimalarial medicine
Which country did Japan gain as a result of the Sino-Japanese war?
Taiwan
Which country broke away from the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Muhammad Ali?
Egypt
What rights exempt a foreigner from the jurisdiction of local laws
extraterritorial rights
What was discovered in south Africa that led to the Boer Wars between the British and the Boers (Dutch)?
Which country or king brutally colonized the Congo
Belgium or King Leopold II
Which company or country colonized Indonesia also known as the "spice islands"?
VOC or the Netherlands/Dutch
What is period of rule in India under the rule of the British Crown from 1858-1947 known as?
British raj
What is bat feces from Chile and Peru, used as fertilizer known as?
guano
Who is credited for his vision of British imperialism from "Cape to Cairo?
Cecil Rhodes
What year did the apartheid in south Africa end?
1994
What was the name of the reform adopted by the Qing empire from 1861-1895 in order to modernize the country as a result of the defeat in the Opium Wars?
Self-Strengthening Movement
What does the competition between Russia and Great Britain over influence over Persia and Central Asia known as?
The Great Game
What did Nasser of Egypt nationalize?
The Suez Canal