Imperialism

What new form of transportation allowed Europeans to explore deep up African rivers?

Steam boats

What form of transportation allowed Europeans to pull out raw materials over land where no rivers existed (sometimes called the iron horse)?

Train

What new weapon helped Europeans kill large numbers of �weaker� people?

Maxim guns

What was the name of the poem by Kipling supporting racism, which encouraged imperialism?

The White Man's Burden

What was the name of the meeting where 14 European countries met to divide Africa amongst themselves?

Berlin Conference

Name two internal forces that made Africans vulnerable to attack from Europeans

Less superior weapons and tribal wars

Name the two European countries that fought for control of South Africa in the Boer War

Netherlands and Britain

What vocab term applies the theory of evolution (survival of the fittest) to the human race

Social Darwinism

Vocab term that means strong countries take over weak ones primarily to take their raw materials

Imperialism

Which European country practiced direct control over their colonies?

France

Vocab term which means to care for conquered people as though they were your children

Paternalism

Who was the leader that kept Ethiopia independent from European control?

Menelik II

Name two benefits Africans received from Imperialism

Reduced local warfare, improvement in schools, sanitation, hospitals

Vocab term that means a place is important based on its location or what it has to offer

Geopolitics

What man-made water short cut connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas through Egypt

Suez Canal

What European country was defeated after trying to take Ottoman lands in the Crimea?

Russia

Vocab term for British rule in India

Raj

Term used to define the growing of crops for sale, such as was practiced by the British in India

Cash crop

Term for Indian soldiers who worked for the British East India Company?

Sepoy

British Nickname for India

jewel in the crown

Which European country controlled Indochina

france

List two territories that the U.S. gained control of through the Spanish American war OR annexation

Hawaii and the philippines

Which Asian country maintained independence under King Mongkut

Siam

Which major port city did Britain win control of after the Opium War (and held for 99 years)

Hong Kong

In which Asian country were Europeans protected by Extraterritorial Rights

China

Before Opium was introduced, what was the only thing China would accept from Britain

Silver

Which major imperialist power did NOT have a Sphere of Influence in China, opting for an open door policy

The United States

What was the name of the American who tried to open Japan for trade

Matthew Perry

What country did the Meiji Era try to modernize

Japan

What country did the British get opium from to sell to the Chinese?

India

Term which means to be absorbed into another country's culture.

Assimilation

Which European country controlled most of northwest Africa by 1913?

France

What was the name of the treaty that ended the Opium War and punished China

Treaty of Nanking