6.1

Question 1

nationalism

Answer 1

a collective feeling of national, country, or people group identity that spurs national pride

Question 2

imperialism

Answer 2

establishing overseas colonies and empires from a mother country

Question 3

Sino-Japanese War

Answer 3

Japan asserted itself in Korea, which China did not like. This led to this war, which Japan won because of their technological advances, giving them Korea and Taiwan (Formosa)

Question 4

Formosa

Answer 4

The former name of Taiwan

Question 5

phrenologists

Answer 5

people who study the size and shapes of skulls. they used smaller skulls of Africans, natives, and Asians as justification for racism

Question 6

Charles Darwin

Answer 6

created the theory of evolution which was later used to justify racism

Question 7

Social Darwinism

Answer 7

Argued that the spread of Europeans and whites was proof that they had “evolved” via Darwin’s theory to be superior

Question 8

David Livingstone

Answer 8

A famous Christian missionary from Scotland who worked to end the Sub-Saharan illegal slave trade

Question 9

East India Company (EIC)

Answer 9

English charter and joint-stock company in the 1600s given a monopoly on English trade with India by the English government. It later expanded its influence and began imperialising.

Question 10

Dutch East India Company (VOC)

Answer 10

Established a monopoly on much trade in Africa, including the Cape of Good Hope. They took control of most islands the Portuguese previously had control of.