Africa
What was the official meeting called deciding how to divide Africa?
Berlin Conference
What was the main reason for the start of the Sepoy Mutiny?
What resource from Hawaii was vital to their economy?
Sugar
What dynasty was in power during this time?
Qing
Indian soldiers
Sepoys
Which leader had control of the Congo? Where was he ruling?
King Leopold II & Belgium
India was considered Britain's _________ ___ ____ _________.
What started the French takeover of Indochina?
7 missionaries were killed
Which trade item was the cause of a great war between China and the British?
Opium
Annexation
Adding of a territory
What famous battle allowed Ethiopia to remain free?
Battle of Adowa
What were the two nationalists movements that emerged in India?
Muslim League and Indian National Congress
Which man-made waterway in 1869 drastically increased the value of Singapore and the Malayan Peninsula to the British Empire?
Poor peasants and workers joined together because they were mad at foreigners'special privileges. What were they OFFICIALLY called?
Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
Social theory of "survival of the fittest"
Social Darwinism
What 3 innovations made imperialism in Africa more attainable?
Maxim gun, quinine, steam boat
By the mid 1850s, EIC controlled what percentage of India?
60%
What helped Siam stay indepedent?
Location between Burma (British) and Indochina (French) helped them stay neutral
What government emerged in China after the Boxer Rebellion?
Constitutional monarchy
Eliminated all tariffs on sugar entering the US
McKinley Tariff Act
What was the story of how King Leopold gained control of the Congo (IN ORDER)
2. Henry Stanley went to find him and ended up staying to explore
3. King Leopold used Stanley to sign treaties with Congo leaders.
Who was the Father of Modern India?
Ram Mohun Roy
What was the difference between British EIC takeover of India versus Dutch EIC takeover of Indonesia?
Dutch viewed Indonesia as home, even creating a class hierachy there.
What did the British gain when the Treaty of Nanjing was signed?
Hong Kong
Area in which an outside governmental power controls investment & trade
Sphere of Influence