Industrialization
The mistreatment of workers led these movements where organized groups fought for improvements to working conditions.
What is social reform movements?
What enabled European conquests of non-European societies?
Having superior technology and military advantages
The European justified that they brought progress to conquered regions, thereby achieving a _____ mission
What is civilization mission?
The war fought to force China to continue allowing the import of an illegal but profitable drug.
What is the First Opium War?
This material made from tree sap was collected in large quantities from the Congo for use in tires and electrical insulation
What is rubber?
Industrialization increased this because bosses made large profits while workers were paid low wages
What is wealth inequality?
Unlike most African colonies, control of the Belgian Congo was unusual because it was ruled as this type of possession.
What is a personal colony owned by Leopold II?
This uprising in 1857 prompted the British government to take control of India from the East India Company
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
The period from roughly 1850-1950 has been called this because China suffered many military defeats and lost power
What is the "century of humiliation"
The transportation system that allowed factories to move raw materials and finished goods faster and cheaper.
What are railroads?
One result of the increased agricultural productivity in Europe in the 1700s was...
- Workers losing farming jobs and having to move to cities
- More food and population growth
This meeting was intended to ensure that competing European colonial powers could peacefully colonize Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
What was the result of British divide and rule policies in India?
By the end of 19th century, what was the economic situation in China?
- They were forced into unequal trade relationships with European powers
- Their overall wealth declined
- They keep producing finished goods for export
This general term describes actions taken by colonized peoples to oppose imperial control, often through revolts, uprisings, or nonviolent protests.
What is resistance?
British industrialization was most directly supported by its coal and ___ deposits
What is iron?
In South Africa, what economic need most directly shaped systems of racial segregation and African labor control under imperial rule?
What is the demand for cheap mine labor?
The British deliberately "de-industrialized" India, especially harming this industry and instead turning India into a cotton exporter
What is the textile industry?
The treaty that ended the First Opium War and forced China to open ports and cede Hong Kong.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
The genocide in this country in 1994 was indirectly caused by colonial Belgian divide and rule tactics
What is Rwanda?
The Meiji Reformation was most similar to reform movements in what 2 other European or Asia empires?
What are the Ottoman Empire and Qing Dynasty China?
The 1879 battle in which Zulu forces defeated a modern British army during the Zulu Wars.
What is the Battle of Isandlwana?
His betrayal allowed a small British force to defeat the leader of Bengal at the 1757 Battle of Plassey.
Who is Mir Jafar?
The multinational military force that intervened to suppress the Boxer Rebellion.
What is the Eight-Nation Alliance?
This term refers to the period of direct British rule over India following the end of the Mughal Empire.
What is the Raj?