Chapter 11 Flashcards
What is the term for applying evolution as a rationalization for European superiority?
social darwinism
The Berlin Conference of 1884-85 resulted in the European control of what area?
Africa
What was the name of the conflict between the British and Dutch over South Africa?
Boer War
What is the term for ruling a colony through its existing leaders?
protectorate/
indirect control
What is the term for treating “natives” as though they were children?
paternalism
What is the term for the (French) policy of getting “natives” to act more like Europeans?
assimilation
What was the name that broke out between the Ottomans and Russians in 1853?
crimean war
What was built with French money and Egyptian labor but controlled by Britain?
suez canal
What British colony was called the “Jewel in the Crown”?
India
What was the term for the British rule over parts of India?
raj
(What was the term for the British rule over parts of India?)
…and how long did that British rule last?
190 years ; 1757-1947
The French controlled what region of Southeast Asia?
Indochina
Which country in Southeast Asia maintained its independence?
Siam (Modern day Thailand)
Americans gained control of the Philippines as a result of what?
Spanish-American War
Who took power away from the Royal family of Hawaii by 1890?
Sanford B. Dole // Americans native to Hawaii
