chapter 25

Question 1

what is the 3rd world

Answer 1

refers to the non-industrialized nations of africa, asia, and latin america in a single unit

Question 2

what even caused the gap between europe and the 3rd world in average wealth and economic well being

Answer 2

industrialization

Question 3

global transport time was shortened considerably by what 2 canals

Answer 3

suez and panama canals

Question 4

what product did british merchants find that the chinese really wanted

Answer 4

opium

Question 5

what did britain gain from the treaty of nanking

Answer 5

-government was required to cede hong kong to them forever -pay indemnity of 100 million -open 4 large cities to unlimited foreign trade with low tariffs

Question 6

in 1630 japan made what decision regarding european influence

Answer 6

decided to seal off country from all european influences in order to preserve traditional japense culture and society

Question 7

the use or threat of military force to coerce a government into economic or political agreements

Answer 7

gunboat diplomacy

Question 8

what american was sent to edo (tokyo) to open trade between the US and Japan

Answer 8

commodore matthew perry

Question 9

by 1848, this man had established a strong and virtually independent egyptian state

Answer 9

muhammad ali

Question 10

what happened when egypt could not pay its forgien debt

Answer 10

france and the UK intervened and forced Ismail to appoint french and british comissioners to oversee egyptian finances so that the egyptian debt would be paid in full

Question 11

british rule in egypt provided a model for europeam expansion by what three models

Answer 11

• military force -political domination -self-justifying ideology of beneficial reform

Question 12

the pressure of population in europe caused a

Answer 12

great migration

Question 13

european migrants generally fell into what 2 categories

Answer 13

energetic small farmers or skilled artisans trying hard to stay ahead of poverty

Question 14

in the 1880s discriminatory laws designed to keep asians out of america and australia were called

Answer 14

great white walls

Question 15

prior to 1880 european nations controlled ___% of the african continent

Answer 15

10

Question 16

by 1900 most of africa was under rule except for ________ and ___________-

Answer 16

ethiopia and liberia

Question 17

what 3 men arranged an international conference on africa in berlin

Answer 17

jules ferry of france, otto von bismarck of germany, and leopold II of belgium

Question 18

what principle was established at this conference

Answer 18

european claims to african territory had to rest on “effective occupation” in order to be recognized by other states

Question 19

what did this conference decided about african slavery

Answer 19

agreed to work to stop slavery and the slave trade in africa

Question 20

british troops defeated muslim tribesmen in angola at what battle

Answer 20

battle of omdurman

Question 21

the strongest nation has always conquered the weaker is known as

Answer 21

social darwinism

Question 22

name 3 technological advances that aided imperialism

Answer 22

maxim machine gun, quinine, and the steamship and international telegram

Question 23

what famous poem by Rudyard Kipling supported imperialism

Answer 23

the white man’s problem

Question 24

true or false? missionary efforts were very successful in india, china and the islamic world

Answer 24

false

Question 25

one of the great critics of imperialism was ______ in his book, imperialism

Answer 25

J A Hobson

Question 26

describe support for european rule among the conquered masses

Answer 26

most were completely against foreign rule, others accepted it to adopt western achievements (shallow and weak)

Question 27

what colony was considered the jewel of the british empire

Answer 27

india

Question 28

an insurrection by muslims and hindu mercenaries in the british army in 1857-58

Answer 28

great rebellion or sepoy mutiny

Question 29

britain ruled india until

Answer 29

1947

Question 30

what were 5 positive contributions by the british to india

Answer 30

education, irrigation, railroads, unified state, large plantations

Question 31

the decisive reaction to european rule was the rise of

Answer 31

nationalism

Question 32

what organization was founded in india in 1885 to pomote equality and self-rule

Answer 32

hindu indian national congress

Question 33

the restoration of the japenese emperor to power in 1867 led to the modernization of japan, this was called

Answer 33

meiji restoration

Question 34

real power in japan was in the hands of a hereditary military govenort, the

Answer 34

shogun

Question 35

the military govenor was helped by a warrior nobility known as

Answer 35

samurai

Question 36

in 1904, japan attacked what country

Answer 36

russia

Question 37

what radical reformer who came from the peasantry wanted to overthrow the chinese dynast

Answer 37

sun yatsen

Question 38

what group blamed chinese ills on foreigners

Answer 38

boxers