Units 1-5 Review
Imperialism - Potpourri
Causes/Rationales
Expansion & Economics
Resistance to
Imperialism
Imperialism
Migration/Environment
100
1200-1450, 2 examples of a Buddhist or Hindu kingdom, land or sea - based, that benefited from increased overland and/or maritime trade
What is the Khmer Empire, Sinhalese Kingdom, Srivijaya Empire, Majapahit Empire, Rajput Kingdoms, etc?
100
Colonial type where migrants get natives "out of the way" - examples include French Algeria, Australia, and New Zealand
What is a settler colony?
100
"A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be ... it cannot be abrogated by man. We can only, by interfering with it, produce the survival of the unfittest."
What is Social Darwinism?
100
term used to describe smaller countries dominated by foreign economic interests, particularly in Latin America
What are banana republics?
100
led to direct British crown control of India
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
100
describes areas with a lack of biological diversity due to overfarming etc
What are monocultures?
200
Besides the Taj Mahal, one example of monumental architecture used to enhance political authority, 1450-1750
What is the Palace of Versailles, Qing Imperial Portraits, Inca and Aztec Religious Temples?
200
One example of a direct control or state - run colony
What is British India, the Congo Free State etc?
200
political rationale, often associated with France, for colonization & military intervention purporting to facilitate the Westernization of indigenous peoples in Africa and Asia
What is the Civilizing Mission?
200
areas where imperial powers had exclusive trading rights
What are spheres of influence?
200
Though anti-Qing, this Chinese rebellion has origins in Western influence
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
200
immigrants often protected themselves by forming these in the countries in which they settled
What are enclaves/ghettos?
300
Moroccans armed with gunpowder weapons destroyed this West African empire in the 1500s
hints: the final of the three West African states mentioned in Period 1, & rulers included Sunni Ali & Askia Muhammad
What is Songhay?
300
early example of "nationalist" organization in the Age of Imperialism, founded by British educated Indians in the 1880s
What is the Indian Congress Party/National Congress?
300
Founded the International African Association to further "altruistic" and "humanitarian" efforts in Central Africa (the Congo)
Who is Leopold II?
300
most nations expanded their colonial empires using one or both of these methods 1750-1900
What is warfare and diplomacy?
300
Anti-western uprising in China (1900), its defeat further weakened the Qing Dynasty
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
300
In contrast to European migrants, Asian migrants were often used as this
What are indentured servants?
400
Two documents from the 1700s & 1800s that demanded greater rights for females
What are the Vindication of the Rights of Women, the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen, and the Seneca Falls Declaration/Declaration of Sentiments?
400
Type of "colonial" arrangement that included the US in Latin America, and Britain, France, etc. in China (another name for spheres of influence)
What is economic domination/control/imperialism?
400
From public to private - change from old to new imperialism
What are religious motivations?
400
Dutch East Indies system which forced farmers to grow specific cash crops or provide unpaid labor
What is the culture system?
400
Poor choice of tactics, geographical difficulties, & control of the archipelago's waterways by an imperial power are all reasons for native defeat in this war
What is the Filipino Insurrection/Filipino War/Philippine-American War?
400
2 examples of nativist, or anti-immigrant, legislation or policy (1 US, 1 Aussie)
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act & the White Australia Policy?
500
The Pueblo Revolt, Marantha Rebellion, King Philip's War, & various slave revolts in the Americas are examples of this in the period 1450-1750
What is resistance to imperial control?
500
The first opportunity to enforce the Roosevelt Corollary came in 1905, when this nation on the island of Hispaniola was in jeopardy of invasion by European powers demanding debt repayment
What is the Dominican Republic?
500
established that nations could acquire colonial lands if they:
1. Possessed them already
2. Had treaties with local leaders, and/or an established colonial administration, etc.
What is the Berlin Conference?
500
1893 - sugar planters overthrow Queen Liliuokalani
1898 - ?
What is Hawaii became a US territory/US annexes Hawaii?
500
War fought in the 1870s between the British and indigenous forces in southern Africa
What is the Anglo-Zulu War?
500
the photograph is evidence of this during imperialism
What are the role of private companies in resource extraction?