Chapter 12 Test Flashcards
sphere of influence
An area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment of trading privileges
Shaka Zulu
Zulu leader
Elite
Upper class
Sultan
Leader of the Ottoman Empire
Genocide
Wiping out a race of people
Concession
Special privileges given to foreign powers
Sati
Custom in Hinduism; widow joined her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral pyre
Trade surplus
Exporting more than importing
Trade deficit
Importing more than exporting
Indemnity
Payer for losses in war
Extraterritoriality
Right to live under ones own laws in another country
Sun yixian
Revolutionary leader in China, established a Chinese republic
How did industrial revolution contribute to imperialism
Nations sought New markets
Why did many western leaders feel they needed colonies and a global empire
To strengthen national security
How did westerners feel about their culture compared to the culture of Africa and India
That it was better than non westerner cultures
What were the criticisms of imperialism
That colonialism was immoral
imperialism
The domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life in another region
What weakened the Asante kingdom
Countries wanted to defeat the Asante
What caused Europeans to try to colonize Africa
Kind Leopolds colonization of the Congo
What was Ethiopia able to maintain its independence from Italy
Their leader, menelik, modernized Ethiopia and defeated Italy in battle
What were the beliefs of the Wahhabi movement
To return to the simplicity and purity of Islam
What was the Ottoman Empire falling apart in the late 1800s
Because of our nationalism
How did the Turks treat the Armenians
Committed genocide against them
How did the British gain control of the Suez Canal
They bought shares in the canal from Egypt
Why did foreign interest increase in Persia
Oil was discovered
Why were the British able to take control of India
India was not united
What caused the sepoy rebellion
Laws were passed that ignored Indians religious beliefs
What were the benefits of British rule in India
A more fair legal system
What role did education play in the rise of Indian nationalism
Educated Indians demanded self rule
How did the opium war start
Britain refused China’s demand to stop selling opium
What were the results of the sino-Japanese war
Japan modernized; China remained backwards
What did the open door policy propose
Having equal access to Chinese trade for European nations and the US
What were the social Darwinist arguments in favor of imperialism
Europeans thought they had a duty to bring their civilization to other nations
Why did David living stone what to open the interior of Africa to European powers
To end the slave trade
Why did Russia want to seize the Bosporus and Dardanelles
To gain access to the Mediterranean Sea
