Imperialism

Question 1

Economic Motivations for Imperialism

Answer 1

Industrialization, New Markets, Raw Materials, there was more production of factory goods.

Question 2

Religious Motivations for Imperialism

Answer 2

included the desire to spread Christianity and people wanted to protect lands and by doing this they spread religious terms.

Question 3

Ideological Motivations for Imperialism

Answer 3

Were based on the belief that the white race was superior, other cultures were “primitive, and based on only the strongest nations and people survive. This was taken advantage of.

Question 4

Political Motivations for Imperialism

Answer 4

Motives were based on a nation’s desire to gain power and expanding territory was a major key advantage.

Question 5

Exploratory Motivations for Imperialism

Answer 5

Motives were based on a desire to explore “unknown” or uncharted territories and investigating new lands and unknown places.

Question 6

Rudyard Kipling’s “The White Man’s Burden”

Answer 6

He makes the white seem like they should take control over other races.

Question 7

David Livingstone

Answer 7

Missionary that discovered large deposits of natural resources and the rise of nationalism.

Question 8

King Leopold II (Belgium)

Answer 8

Belgium claimed the Congo in central Africa and gained diamonds, tin, gold, rubber & built cash-crop plantations

Question 9

“Scramble for Africa”

Answer 9

The European nations were scared of a war breakout. They ended up making a Conference to set rules in peace.

Question 10

Berlin Conference 1884

Answer 10

This is where the nations set rules for what lands each nation conquers. The African nations did not attend for the european nations did not care much about their power in divisions.

Question 11

Boer Wars

Answer 11

Boers were Africans that forced a war against the British for taking most of their land. British had defeated them with strategic skills and taking down their guerrilla tactics.

Question 12

Shaka and the Zulus

Answer 12

Founder of Zulu african nation and created a major impacted force and made the army power very huge that lead to more defeat.

Question 13

Cecil Rhodes

Answer 13

Most important empire builder in Africa. “ The DeBeers Company created diamond mines in South Africa, gained new colonies for Britain in southern Africa, and used his wealth to build railroads & telegraph lines in Africa

Question 14

“Brightest Jewel in the Crown”

Answer 14

India had natural resources that provided trade points with other European nations. This made them a major contributor to trading.

Question 15

Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion

Answer 15

British officials took in soldiers called Sepoys. Resentment for the British began to form. Hindu and Muslim Sepoys became angered by the British and rebelled and this lasted over a year.

Question 16

The Raj

Answer 16

British control over the India East Co. The rule that the British had was called the Raj and this brought positive and negative effects and lasted until 1947..

Question 17

Treaty of Nanjing

Answer 17

This treaty ended the Opium wars. Britain received Hong Kong & extraterritorial rights in China ( foreigners were not subject to Chinese laws)

Question 18

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 18

Population grew too rapidly for china to keep up so many were in poverty. Hong Xiuquan led the taiping rebellion in an attempt end poverty among peasants

Question 19

Spheres of Influence

Answer 19

Their areas had exclusive trade rights. China was afraid the USA would shut their trade with them off.

Question 20

Open Door Policy

Answer 20

USA proposed this idea so that merchants from all nations could trade freely. This was beneficial to china because they were very weak at this time.

Question 21

Sun Yat-sen

Answer 21

led an overthrow of the Qing dynasty and wanted to promote nationalism and security.

Question 22

“Closed Country Policy”

Answer 22

An era of isolation for Japan that lasted for about 200 years. This banned all foreign merchants or missionaries, but open to the Dutch and Chinese merchants.

Question 23

Matthew Perry

Answer 23

US commodore demanded Japan trade the USA. arrived in Tokyo with four well-armed steamships.

Question 24

Meiji Era

Answer 24

Japan feared they would become weak like China so they began to modernize their ways and customs into western ways. Adaptation.

Question 25

Sino-Japanese War

Answer 25

Japan defeats the Chinese army and destroys its navy. Japan gained Taiwan and the spheres of influence in China.

Question 26

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 26

In 1823, the US declared a new foreign policy which made the US remain neutral throughout the mess in Europe but also protect the western hemisphere from European colonization.

Question 27

Annexation of Hawaii

Answer 27

Queen Liliuokalani tried to reduce the power of Americans living in Hawaii. Americans overthrew Liliuokalani in 1893 and Hawaii was annexed by the US in 1898

Question 28

Spanish-American War

Answer 28

In 1898, America sent their USS Maine ship to Cuba to protect American interests there, while their ship exploded and they declared war on Spain. The Americans easily won this war creating the freedom of Cuba and the Philippines from Spain.

Question 29

Filipino-American War

Answer 29

When the philippine people found out they weren´t going to get the independence they rebelled. The rebellion’s leader was Emilio Aguinaldo and this was unsuccessful.

Question 30

Panama Canal

Answer 30

One of America’s main goal, and to do this by encouraging Panama to break from Colombia. After the separation, Panama allowed the US to build the canal which took until 1914 to finish.