European Imperialism

Question 1

Imperialism in India

Answer 1

Europe wanted luxury items like tea, sugar, silk, salt, ect from India

Question 2

British East India Company in India

Answer 2

Europe wanted luxury items like tea, sugar, silk, salt, ect from India

Question 3

Robert Clive

Answer 3

aised an effective army that got rid of the French in India

Question 4

Sepoys

Answer 4

Indian who worked for the British

The East Indian Company relied on them to help administer regions under its control

Question 5

Sepoy problem

Answer 5

When Sepoys learned that their bullet cartridges were greased with pork and beef fat, which violated Hindu and Muslim customs, they rebelled

The rebellion failed, consequences include British parliament taking control of India away from East India Company and making India a crown colony

Question 6

Indian imperialism

Answer 6

Upper castes were taught English and were expected to adopt English attitudes, Christianity spread, railroads and canals were built, urbanization increased
But all that came at the expense of Indian culture

Question 7

Indian National Congress

Answer 7

formed by educated indians they formed it to try to achieve independence from Britian

Question 8

Opium

Answer 8

British introduced it to the Chinese and eventually the drug habit among the Chinese had grown so widespread and destructive that the Manchu emperor released an imperial edict forbidding the sale/use of opium

Question 9

Opium War

Answer 9

between the British and Chinese where they fought over opium trade
Chinese only had swords, knives, and spears while Europeans has advanced weapons like rifles

Question 10

Treaty of Nanjing

Answer 10

result of losing opium war
unequal treaty
it increased rights give to foreign powers, legalized opium trade, established christian missionaries, opened up all of China to trade

Question 11

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 11

led by Hong Xiongnu
reforms included abolition of private property, creation of communal wealth
prohibition of foot binding and concubinage
ended up failing

Question 12

self strengthening movement

Answer 12

sought to blend chinese culture with european technology
they built railroads, weapon industries, etc
wasnt enough to actually change china

Question 13

Spheres of influence

Answer 13

foreign power broke china down in tributary states

France, Germany, Russia, and Britiain carved China for themselves

Question 14

hundred days reform

Answer 14

emperor Guangxu tried to transform china into a constitutional monarchy, remodel education system, and modernize military,

Question 15

Open door policy

Answer 15

the US pledged its support of the sovereignty of the Chinese government
because they were afraid the china would become a British colony and would be shut out of trade

Question 16

Boxer rebellion

Answer 16

Boxers = anit-Manchi, anti-European, anti-Christianity, The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
organized to get rid of “foreign devils”
armed force of British, French, Germany, U.S, and Japanese troops defeated boxers

Question 17

Commodore Matthew Perry

Answer 17

Japan refused to allow European and American merchants in japan until his arrival
he demanded the shogun to open Japan to trade and sign treaty of kanagawa

Question 18

Treaty of Kanagawa

Answer 18

An agreement by Japan with America, that Japan would open two ports to trade with the U.S. and would help shipwrecked U.S. sailors

Question 19

reasons for meiji

Answer 19

foreign powers led to domestic crisis in japan which led to fall of Tokugawa

Question 20

Meiji reforms

Answer 20

returned authority to Japanese emperor
ended military governments
alliance of damiyo, court nobles, and samurai formed new government
sent students to the west to study everything from technology to constitutions

Question 21

more Meiji reforms

Answer 21

abolished samurai class and removed damiyo from power to centralize power
Meiji constitution established a constitutional monarchy

Question 22

Afrikaners

Answer 22

South African Dutch settled in a region known as the Transvaal
discovered diamonds and gold in Transvaal

Question 23

Boer Wars

Answer 23

the British quickly followed, fighting a series of wars for these resources ( diamonds and gold)
the British were successful and all of Africa was conquered by the British Empire

Question 24

Berlin Conference

Answer 24

Otto Von Bismarck hosted European powers at a conference in Berlin to resolve differences over various European claims to lands in the African Congo

Almost the entire continent of Africa was colonized by Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Belgium

Question 25

Suez Canal

Answer 25

The canal connected the Mediterranean sea to the Indian Ocean

Egypt started selling stock because of the government’s excessive spending
The British kept buying stocks and eventually controlled the Suez Canal and declared Egypt a British “colony” but the Egyptians remained in control

Question 26

African boundary lines

Answer 26

separated colonial territories were based on European concerns instead of African history or culture
Tribal lands were cut in half and in other situations two rival tribes were brought together under the same colonial rule

Question 27

African culture during imperialism

Answer 27

it was falling apart because it was hard for rival tribes to come together, there were European schools, Christian missionaries, and western business practices

Question 28

scramble for Africa

Answer 28

Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa, France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Spain) acquired lesser amounts.