Imperialism

Question 1

a system of government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials from the mother country

Answer 1

direct rule

Question 2

an Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the company’s interests in the region

Answer 2

sepoy

Question 3

colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status

Answer 3

indirect rule

Question 4

govenors who ruled as the representatives of a monarch

Answer 4

viceroys

Question 5

incorporated territory into an existing political unit, such as a city or country

Answer 5

annexed

Question 6

native to a region

Answer 6

indigenous

Question 7

people born on the Iberian peninsula who typically lived temporarily in Latin America for political or economic gain and then returned to Europe

Answer 7

peninsulares

Question 8

people of European descent born in the New World and living there permanently

Answer 8

creoles

Question 9

people of mixed European and Native American ancestry

Answer 9

mestizos

Question 10

political unit that depends on another government for its defense

Answer 10

protectorate

Question 11

the extension of a nation’s power over other lands

Answer 11

imperialism

Question 12

Ottoman army officer that seized control of Egypt in 1805

Answer 12

Muhammad Ali

Question 13

Indian independence leader whose methods were based on nonviolent resistance

Answer 13

Mohandas Gandhi

Question 14

amendment to the Cuban constitution that allowed the US to invade whenever “orderly government” was in danger

Answer 14

Platt amendment

Question 15

an area in which a foreign country gained complete control over a region and its local population

Answer 15

colony

Question 16

Area in which two nations rule as partners

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condominium

Question 17

Businessman and leader in southern Africa that wanted to build a railway from Cairo to Cape Town

Answer 17

Cecil Rhodes

Question 18

Canal built by the US to facilitate shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific

Answer 18

Panama Canal

Question 19

colonies in which non-European majorities were ruled by relatively few European colonial officials

Answer 19

dependent colonies

Question 20

a crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal use

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cash crop

Question 21

Conflict in which France agreed to reocognize British claims in the Sudan in return for recognition in West Africa

Answer 21

Fashoda Crisis

Question 22

Russian plan to build a railway across Manchuria

Answer 22

Trans-Siberian Railway

Question 23

Sea lane in Egypt built by the French that the British considered vital to communication with India

Answer 23

Suez Canal

Question 24

political organization that sought the independence of all Indians regardless of class or background

Answer 24

Indian National Congress

Question 25

The system of governing colonies in much the same way that parents guide their children

Answer 25

Paternalism