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1
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Who & when did they bring much of the world under their control

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Europe

1870-1914

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Motives of imperialism

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Economic
Political and military
Humanitarian and religious
Social Darwinism

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3
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Ships needed ________ stations
_______ expansion of rivals
Prestige of ________ empire

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Coaling
Half
Global

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What is the motives of religious people in imperialism

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They though it was their duty to spread what they felt was the blessing of the western civilization

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5
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Social Darwinism believed that this race was superior to all others

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European

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6
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destruction of other weaker nations nature’s way

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Social Darwinism

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Western advantages had:
Strong \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Well-organized \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Powerful \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Superior \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Superior\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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Economics
Government
Armies & navies
Technologies
Medical knowledge
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8
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Forms of imperial control

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Colonies
Protectorates
Spheres of influence

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9
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Rule lands directly or indirectly through natives

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Colonies

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10
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rulers left in place - what they were told

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Protectorates

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11
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Area in which country claimed exclusive privilege

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Spheres of influence

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12
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Us claimed _______ as its sphere of influence

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Latin America

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13
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Who were involved for centuries in African slave trade

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Europe

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14
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promote idea of returning Blacks to Africa

What part of Africa

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Us and Britain

Liberia

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15
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Explores the interior of Africa

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Richard burton & mungo park

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16
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The doctor who was lost in Africa

The one who found him

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Livingstone

Stanley

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17
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Catholic and Protestant missionaries built

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Schools and medical clinics

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18
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What kind of views did missionaries take of africans

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Paternalistic view

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19
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Who were the first to gain riches from Africa during the scramble

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Belgium Congo and Leopold II

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20
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Who followed after Belgium during the suit of Africa

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Britain, France, and Germany

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21
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1884 - held so that European powers wouldn’t go to war with one another over war
Who started it
Who were he only ones who were not there

A

Berlin conference
Otto Von Bismarck
Arica

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22
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Who were the only countries left that were not partitioned off 20 years after the conference
(Only one who remained independent)

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Liberia and Ethiopia

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23
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Belgians exploited the riches of

Whet riches did they exploit

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The Congo River valley

Rubber, ivory, and copper

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24
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What place were natives tortured and brutalized

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Congo River valley - Belgium

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25
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France conquered and invaded what

They expanded into where and which directions

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Algeria
Tunisia
West and central Africa

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26
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Britain’s Africa was smaller and more scattered than

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France

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27
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Britain took ____&_____ of Africa

Directions

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West east

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28
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Who gained control of Sudan

A

Britain

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29
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Britain gained control of who

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Egypt

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30
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What did Britain acquire from the Dutch

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Cape colony

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31
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Dutch farmers), resents British rule

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Boers

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32
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Which direction did the boers move and what did they find

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North

Boer republic

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33
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Boer republic is to the north of what?

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Cape

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34
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The discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer Republics set off

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Boer war

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35
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What kind of war was the boer war?

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Guerrilla war

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36
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Who won the boer war in 1899-1902

A

British

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37
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Who did British unite in the Union of South Africa

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Boer republic and cape colony

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38
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Country run by white people that practiced a complete system of racial segregation that would last until 1993

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Apartheid

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39
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Who took Mozambique

A

Portugal

40
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Portugal took what?

A

Angola

41
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What did italy claim

A

Libya

42
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Who claimed Somaliland

A

Italy

43
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Who took Easter and southwestern Africa

A

Germany

44
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Who modernized Ethiopia

A

Menelik II

45
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Who defeated Ethiopia/ Menelik

A

Italy

46
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What battle was Menelik defeated at

A

Battle of Adowa

47
Q

Ottoman Empire extended across what

A

Middle East, North Africa, and into Eastern Europe

48
Q

When does the Ottoman Empire begin to decline

A

Provincial leaders increase in power
Serious economic decay
Corruption set in

49
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Nationalists revolts spring up in ottoman empire and who gain independence

A

Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, and Romanians all gained independence

50
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Attempts to modernize Ottoman Empire _____

A

Failed

51
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1908 overthrow the Sultan

A

Young Turks

52
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Before the young Turks can complete reforms for Ottoman Empire when breaks out

A

WWI

53
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Who doesn’t come back after WWI

A

Ottoman Empire

54
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Accused of assisting Russians

A

Armenians

55
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Who slaughters Armenians after they are accused

A

Ottoman Turks

56
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How many armenians are killed over a several years

A

1 million

57
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father of modern Egypt

A

Muhammad Ali

58
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Who modernized Egypt

A

Muhammad Ali

59
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Who built Suez Canal in Egypt

A

Ferdinand de Lesseps

60
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How long was Suez Canal and what did it link

A

100 miles

Red Sea to Mediterranean

61
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What was a lifeline to British-India from 1860s and on

A

Suez Canal

62
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Ruler of Egypt was unable to pay debts so he

A

sells rights to canal to Disraeli, and British

63
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Who quickly expand influence over Egypt

A

British

64
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British becomes protectorates of who

In what year

A

Egypt in 1882

65
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the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life another country

A

Imperialism

66
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What country was Britain able to take over

A

India

67
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What was happening as Britain was taking over this country

A

The country was very divided

68
Q

Ran the entire colony for Britain

A

East India company

69
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Who attempted to modernize India

A

Britain

70
Q

Missionaries attempted to do what to Indians

A

Christianize

71
Q

What did the press for social change do

A

End slavery and caste system

72
Q

Many thousands of Indians served Britain as

A

Indian troop

73
Q

hired and trained to protect European warehouses

A

Indian troops

74
Q

1857 the Sepoys were issued

A

New rifles

75
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What did the new enfield rifles have

A

Paper Cartridges

76
Q

How were coated

Why is that a problem

A

Cow and pig grease

It’s against their religions to either kill an animal or eat an unholy animal

77
Q

What did the sepoys do to their officers

A

They rose up against their British officers

78
Q

What did British do after sepoys brutally massacred British men, women, and children

A

They rallied and crushed the rebellion

79
Q

After British stopped the sepoy rebellion what did they do

A

Slaughtered thousands of Indians

80
Q

What happens after sepoy rebellion

A

British sends more troops

Indians have to pay taxes in Britain and India

81
Q

How do British feel like they are helping Indians

In reality what’s happening

A

By modernizing all ways of life

Indians are adopting western technology and culture

82
Q

British trade with India soared after opening of

A

Suez Canal

83
Q

Pushed India to grow more

Which leads to

A

Cotton

Terrible famine in China

84
Q

British begin to trade what grown in India in return for what

A

Opium

Chinese tea

85
Q

What did the Chinese government outlaw

A

Opium

86
Q

In 1839 chimes warship attack what

A

British ships carrying opium

87
Q

What does British attack in return of Chinese attack

A

Their navy attack their costal cities

88
Q

What is China forced to accept

A

Treaty of Nanking

89
Q

What happens because of the treaty of Nanking

A

British Takes Hong Kong
Chinese pay huge indemnity
British citizens in China have extraterritoriality ◦ “Most favored nation” status
Chinese lower tariffs
Chinese increase in treaty ports (cities opened to foreigners)

90
Q

What kind of revolt was Taiping Rebellion

Known as

A

Peasant revolt

Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace

91
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How many Chinese die in taiping rebellion

A

20-30 million

92
Q

What was boxer rebellin

A

Secret society to drive out foreign invaders

93
Q

What does Chinese do in 1900

A

Attack foreign communities across China

94
Q

Who crushes boxer rebellion

A

Multi-national force including U.S.

95
Q

1911 named president of new Chinese Republic-

A

Sun Yixian

96
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How many years that follow constantly at war- with self or foreign invaders (sun Yixian )

A

37

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