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Deck 1 Flashcards

1
Q

List six forces or motives behind imperialism

A
  1. The need for natural resources
  2. The desire for new markets
  3. Competition for world power
  4. Racism
  5. Europeans civilizing the world
  6. To Christianize the heathen world
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2
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Racism was reflected in the social theory known as _____________ (survival of the fittest)

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Social Darwinism

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3
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____________ was the only country in Africa to successfully resist European colonialism

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Ethiopia

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4
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Name 4 forms of imperialism

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  1. Colony
  2. Protectorate
  3. Sphere of Influence
  4. Economic imperialism
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5
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Colony imperialism

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A country or territory is governed internally by foreign power

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6
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Protectorate imperialism

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A country/ territory is governed by its own leaders but is the power an outside power (puppet state)

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7
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Sphere of influence

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A country/ territory where the foreign power has exclusive trading rights

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8
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Economic imperialism

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A country/ territory is controlled by a private business rather than the government

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9
Q

____________ is a policy in which European nations govern weaker countries as if they were “children” being taken care of by their parents

A

Paternalism

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10
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What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

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European nations dicid d up Africa among themselves

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11
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What 2 European countries received the “lions share” of Africa?

A

British and France

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12
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What 3 groups fought to control South Africa

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Zulu, Dutch, and British

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13
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What 2 valuable resources did South Africa contain? What war was fought?

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  • Gold and diamonds

- Boer war

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14
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________ was a British businessman who assumed a huge fortune in Africa and started his own country known as ___________. Later this country was renamed ___________

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  • Cecil Rhodes
  • Rhodesia
  • Zimbabwe
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15
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__________ was the dominant “world power” of the age

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Great Britain

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16
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_____________ is a policy in which a weaker nation is expected to give up its own culture and adapt the European culture

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Assimilation

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17
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What was meant by the saying, “the sum never sets on the British empire”

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It was so large it was always daylight somewhere in the empire

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18
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Why was Africa known as the dark continent

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It was unknown by the Europeans

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19
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__________ was a Scottish missionary doctor who was the first European to explore Africa

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David Livingstone

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20
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Why did Joseph Conrad write “The Heart of Darkness”

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To expose the evils of imperialism to the Europeans

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21
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____________ is an interest in the taking of the land for its strategic location or products

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Geopolitics

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22
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What American was sent out to find Dr. Livingstone in Africa? What famous line did he quote?

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  • Henry Stanley

- “dr. Livingstone I presume”

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23
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What empire had controlled the Middle East for centuries until the Europeans arrived?

A

Ottoman Empire

24
Q

The name given to Dutch farmers was ________

A

Boers

25
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__________________ wrote the poem, “The White Mans Burden”. What was their burden?

A
  • Rudyard Kipling

- civilizing the world

26
Q

_____________ made the Congo into his own personal plantation

A

Leopold II

27
Q

What area was known as the “crossroads of the world”? Why was it called that?

A
  • Middle East

- it connected Europe Asia and Africa

28
Q

What was known as the lifeline of the British empire

A

The Suez Canal

29
Q

_______________was the French engineer who started the construction of the Suez Canal

A

Ferdinad de Lesseps

30
Q

The _______________ are countries that border the Pacific Ocean

A

Pacific Rim

31
Q

What is the Dutch East Indies called today?

A

Indonesia

32
Q

What 2 large port cities did the British control in Asia?

A

Hong Kong and Singapore

33
Q

Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos made up the area knows to the Europeans as ________________

A

French Indochina

34
Q

_____________ was a British school teacher who came to Siam to teach the king ________ children

A
  • Anna Leowens

- Mongkut

35
Q

What country was known as the big prize in Asia

A

China

36
Q

The __________ war was fought to control the Middle East

A

Crimean

37
Q

_______________ was a British nurse known as the lady with the lamp

A

Florence Nightingale

38
Q

A __________ was the name given to Indian soldiers in the British army.

A

Sepoys

39
Q

____________ is considered to be the father of modern day India

A

Gandhi

40
Q

What was the purpose of the boxer rebellion

A

Attempt to drive out all Europeans from China

41
Q

How did Japan avoid being taken over by European imperialist nation

A

They avoided imperialism by being the only imperialistic nation in Asia

42
Q

What product did the British find that the Chinese would buy? What products did the British receive in exchange form China?

A
  • opium

- Chinese tea,silks, and porcelain

43
Q

Japan’s victory in the Russo-Japanese War proved what believe about race to be wrong?

A
  • the belief that Europeans or the “whites” we’re the superior race
44
Q

Why did some groups believe that the United States should colonize like European countries

A
  1. Trade

2. New markets

45
Q

____________led the Filipino nationalist in their struggle to get independence from the US

A

Emiliano Aguinaldo

46
Q

The United States gained what 4 territories as a result of the Spanish American War?

A
  1. Cuba
  2. Puerto Rico
  3. Guam
  4. Philippines
47
Q

The _________ Doctrine stated that all European imperialist powers should stay out of the Americas

A

Monroe

48
Q

What was Seward’s Folly

A

When the US paid 7 million dollars for ice and snow (Alaska)

49
Q

Queen __________ was the last monarch of Hawaii

A

Liliuokalani

50
Q

__________________ was an American sugar plantation owner who was very instrumental in the annexation of Hawaii

A

Sanford Dole

51
Q

Two negative impacts of imperialism on “victim” nations

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  1. Forced labor/ slavery

2. Millions died from famine

52
Q

Two positive impacts of imperialism on “victim” nations

A
  1. Hospitals and medicine ( life expectancy increased)

2. Schools ( literacy increased)

53
Q

Who was the Empress of India

A

Queen Victoria

54
Q

What was the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny?

A
  • wanted to turn them into Christians

- treated as second class citizens

55
Q

Define Imperialism/ colonialism

A

The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country

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