Chapter 19 Flashcards
What became the guide for US foreign policy regarding Europe and South America?
Monroe Doctrine
Who translated the Bible in 20 Indian dialects and supervised the translation of 20 more?
William Carey
What was the name if the New York herald reportor that found David Livingstone?
Henry Stanley
Which Belgium King acquired the 900,00 square mile congo free state?
Leopold II
The term for the race between the European nations for the control of Africa?
Scramble for Africa
Give me events that happened in the year 1867.
- Suez Canal opens
- Alfred Nobel invents “dynamite”
- Alaska is purchased
- British North America Act
Which act of parliament created the dominion of Canada?
The British Noth Anmerica Act
Which englishman was an early explorer of Australia and New Zealand?
James Cook
What gave westerners who broke Chinese law the right to be trialed in their own national courts rather than Chinese courts?
Extraterritoriality
What wealthy British territorialist dreamed of a British territory stretching from Kade to Tyro?
Cecil Rhodes
Who was a great missionary of the African interior?
David Livingstone
Which serous conflicts ended with the Treaty of Nanking?
Opium War
What land authentication approximately doubled the then size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
Most of Australia’s original settlers were ___.
Convicts
The sepoy mutiny was a revolt of __.
Indian soldiers in the West India Company
The battle of plassey helped assure british dominance in __.
India
What permitted french canadians the right to retain their language, laws, customs, and practice freely through Roman Catholic religion?
Quebec Act
Which British commander lead his force of 3,000 men to defeat a superior Indian force of 80,000 ment in 1857?
Robert Clive
The bowers of South Africa were descendents of what European nationality?
Dutch
The first major international conflict after the defeat of Napoleon was the __.
Pomnean War
Which American opened Japan’s doors to trade with the United States?
Matthew Perry
Which of the following was not true about the African slave trade?
Europeans raided many African Villages to get slaves
The Boxer rebellion because of __.
Manchu Dynasty
The Chinese wanted to eliminate ___.
Western Influence
Who was a missionary to the cannibals of West Africa?
Mary Slessor
Which was the first treated that Japan signed with the Western Nation?
Kanagawa
Discuss two reasons for imperialism.
On the negative side, the Europeans often exploited their natives and their wealth for their own selfish desires. They combined territory with little regard for Native boundaries. They left behind armies. On the positive side, the instuded Democratic governance and bureaucracy. It also established modern Judicial systems that were proven successful. They build schools, hospitals, railroads and other technology and their missionaries took the gospel to the lands and spread the word of Christ.
What was the real name of the Boxers?
Society of righteous and harmonious fists
