Chapter 17 Fill in the Blank Flashcards
The years between 1870 and 1914 were the height of the
age of imperialism
One country might control the other’s
government, trade or culture
By 1914, the great powers , , and controlled almost the entire world.
Europe, Japan, and the United States
By 1914, there were among the imperial powers
bitter rivalries
Industrialists began to look for raw materials and new markets in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Industrialists thought they should control their just as they controlled the sources of their
new markets
raw materials
accompanied industrialization
Rapid population growth
, were large groups of people from one country lived together in a different country, were one way that European nations controlled foreign lands
Settlement colonies
European nations also set up where a few European officials ruled the non-European peoples
dependent colonies
Another way to control foreign lands was to set up a , or an area where the local ruler keeps his title even though the area is really controlled by the colonizing nation
protectorate
The growth in that accompanied the industrial revolution provided an economic motive for imperialism, as jobs grew scarce in industrialized countries
population
spread Western knowledge of medicine, hygiene, and sanitation along with Christianity
missionaries
Morocco’s strategic location on the made it an appealing prize
Strait of Gibraltar
France promised not to get in the way of Britain’s plan for or Italy’s plan for
Egypt
Libya
The Suez Canal would go through the to connect the
Isthmus of Suez
Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
To avoid bankruptcy, Egypt decided to sell in the Suez canal
its stock
In 1875, bought the Egyptian stock and thus gained control of the
Great Britain
canal
The flowed through the Sudan and the British wanted to build along the river
upper Nile River
dams
In 1898, Great Britain invaded and quickly defeated a large Sudanese army
the Sudan
The outcome of the Fashoda Crisis was that and won joint control of the area.
Great Britain
Egypt
West Africa had been a major center of the
slave trade
When the British moved inland from the (modern Ghana) they encountered a powerful kingdom
Gold Coast
Ashanti
By the early 1900’s , , , , and claimed most all of West Africa.
France Great Britain Germany Spain Portugal
wrote many newspaper articles about his search for
Henry Stanley
Dr. David Livingstone
IN 1652, Dutch settlers founded as for ships sailing to the
Capetown
a supply station
East Indies
The Dutch settlement grew into a large colony called
Cape Colony
British businessman led the movement inland.
Cecil Rhodes
Within 20 years of his arrival, Rhodes completely controlled the South African production
diamond
Later Rhodes organized a colony named (now called Zimbabwe)
Rhodesia
In spite of many years of control, most African never accepted
European control
