history oop Flashcards
A policy of conquering and ruling other nations was called:
Imperialism
TOF - Exploring unknown lands was a major cause of imperialism
FALSE
What were some major causes of imperialism?
To find new markets to sell goods, to spread Christianity, and to increase global power
The belief that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better was called:
Social Darwinism
The phrase “White man’s burden” has come to represent the idea:
Europeans had a duty to help other nations improve
An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges is called:
A Sphere of Influence
A country/territory with its own internal gov’t but under the control of an outside power is called:
A protectorate
A country/territory governed internally by a foreign power is called:
A colony
TOF - Europeans were able to move into the African interior because of new vaccines, better weapons, and steamships
True
European leaders met at the where to make rules for colonizing Africa
Berlin Conference
What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85:
Europeans divided Africa into colonies among themselves
TOF - Most African natives could easily hold back the Europeans because they had modern weapons
False
A policy of treating the people in a colony as if they were children is known as:
Paternalism
The war between Britain and the Dutch over claims to South Africa was called the:
Boer War
How did European imperialists cause future conflicts in African nations?
They set up boundaries that ignored ethnic differences, they left independent nations without any government, they set up unbalanced economies based on one or two crops, and they manufactured goods only useful to their country
Europeans were mostly interested in controlling the Ottoman Empire because of:
Geopolitics
The Crimean War was fought over access to the strategic location of the:
Black Sea
The leader of Egypt tried to make his country like Europe by growing cash crops, which are:
Crops produced only to be sold
Indian soldiers hired by the British to serve in their army were called
Sepoys
TOF - Gossip spread that the sepoy’s rifles were greased with beef/pork, which offended them because they hated those foods
False
What was the name of the more direct form of British control over India?
Raj
What was NOT a change the British made in India?
The British outlawed the killing of cows
TOF - The Pacific Rim includes the islands off the eastern coast of Africa
False
Which country did the United States win control of after the Spanish-American war?
The Philippines
