Age of Imperialism

Question 1

relating to language

Answer 1

linguistics

Question 2

the belief that one race is superior to another.

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Racism

Question 3

A Zulu chief. Created a Zulu empire, and challenged British rule.

Answer 3

Shaka

Question 4

used devastating force, and overwhelming brutality to control the region and keep the Europeans from controlling South Africa.

Answer 4

Zulu

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Thousands of Boers moved North to escape British rule.

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Great Trek

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A brutal war between the Boer and the British.

Answer 6

Boer War

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A country or territory governed internally by a foreign power.

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Colony

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Country or territory with its own government, under the control of an outside power.

Answer 8

Protectorate

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Areas in which an outside power claims investment or trade privileges.

Answer 9

Sphere of Influence

Question 10

An independent, less developed country controlled by private business rather than a government.

Answer 10

Economic Imperialism

Question 11

Local government, self-rule, and local rulers who answer to European rulers.

Answer 11

Indirect Control

Question 12

Foreign officials were brought in to rule, no self-rule or assimilation.

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Direct Control

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Provide governed people with needs without granting rights.

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Paternalism

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The idea is that local populations in time will adopt the European culture.

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Assimilation

Question 15

The emperor of Ethiopia, declares war on Italy

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Menelik II

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interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products.

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Geopolitics

Question 17

In an effort to keep Russia from gaining land from the Ottomans, Great Britain and France joined the Ottoman Empire against Russia.

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Crimean War

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A woman nurse that served in the Crimean War.

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Florence Nightingale

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the British East India Company’s army made up of British officers and Indian soldiers

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Sepoys

Question 20

India was regarded as Great Britain’s most valuable colony.

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“Jewel in the Crown”

Question 21

A period where Britain instituted ‘direct rule’ over India

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Raj

Question 22

The Dutch gained control of Indonesia

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Dutch East Indies

Question 23

France gains control of Vietnam

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French Indochina

Question 24

modern-day Thailand, under the leadership of King Mongkut and his son Chulalongkorn. Flourished under modernization.

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Siam/Siamese

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1898: The United States acquires the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam as a result of the war

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Spanish-American War

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1890: Overthrew the Hawai’i monarchy and by 1894 became President of the The Republic of Hawai’i.

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Sanford B. Dole

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Queen of Hawaii, overthrown by Dole.

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Queen Liliuokalani

Question 28

1903: Panama gives the United States permission to build the canal

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Panama Canal

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1895: Japan gains part of Manchuria

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Sino-Japanese War

Question 30

1905: Japan defeats Russia

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Russo-Japanese War

Question 31

Japan gains all of Manchuria

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Treaty of Portsmouth

Question 32

1907: The Korean King steps down and the Korean military is disbanded.
1910: Japan annexed Korea and began harsh rule against Koreans.

Answer 32

Japanese Imperialism of Korea