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1
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What is imperialism?

A

One nations control of the political, economic, and social territory.

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2
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Who was not represented in the Berlin conference?

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Africans

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3
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Define sphere of influence.

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When European country demanded exclusive trading rights in a territory.

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4
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What European country first colonized Southern Africa?

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The Netherlands

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5
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Who were the Boers?

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The Dutch settlers in Southern Africa.

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What two states did the Boers create in Southern Africa?

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Orange free state and South African republic/Transvaal

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7
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What was Apartheid?

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Legal system of racial separation in S Africa.

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8
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Why did Britain make Egypt a British protectorate?

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To protect British control of Suez Canal

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9
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Who was the Beligian king who owned the Congo Free state?

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Leopold II

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10
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Who were the pied noir?

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French settlers in Algeria

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11
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Who fought at the Battle of Adowa in 1896?

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Ethopia and Italians

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12
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What African country was unofficially an American colony?

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Liberia

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13
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Which European country first colonized part of India?

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Portugal

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14
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What empire ruled India at this time?

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Mughal Empire

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15
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Who were sepoys?

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Indians serving in the British army.

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16
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What caused the Sepoy Mutiny?

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The introduction of the new Enfield rifle

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17
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What is a viceroy?

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Representative of the king or queen

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18
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Which dynasty ruled China in the 1800s?

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Qing

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19
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Europeans were only allowed to trade in which Chinese port city?

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Canton

20
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What product did the English discover that the Chinese would buy from them?

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Opium

21
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Name four results of the Treaty of Nanjing 1842?

A

China payed for destroyed opium, British gained extra territorial rights, Opium trade didn’t end, and British allowed to trade in more ports.

22
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What happened at the Berlin Conference?

A

Established rules for European conquest of Africa

23
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What language did Boers speak?

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Afrikaans

24
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What was the Great Trek?

A

Boers headed North and East

25
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Why did Boers set of on the Great Trek?

A

Preserve Dutch heritage

26
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Who was the British Prime minister of the Cape colony who wanted Britain to control territory from Cairo to Cape Town?

A

Cecil Rhodes

27
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What ethnic group in Southern Africa did Britain go to war with?

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Boers

28
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Who United the Boers into one state?

A

Beligian government

29
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The Battle of Plassey was part of what war?

A

Seven years war

30
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Who won battle of plassey?

A

British

31
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What did British do that angered the Indians?

A

The Indians ordered them to stop military preparations but they refused

32
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Who was the British monarch during this time?

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Queen Victoria

33
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Why were the Chinese not interested in buying European goods?

A

They looked down on them

34
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Name five countries that carved spheres of influence in China.

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Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan

35
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What was the Open door policy and who suggested it?

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Any nation should be free to trade anywhere in China. The USA suggested it.

36
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What happened during the Taiping Rebellion?

A

The religious revolt against the Qing dynasty failed with 20 million deaths.

37
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Who was the dowager empress of China who opposed foreign involvement in China?

A

Ci Xi

38
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Who fought the Second Opium war and what was the result?

A

British and French against the Chinese and China was forced to open to foreigners.

39
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What happened during the Boxer Rebellion?

A

Chinese attacked foreigners and killed many Chinese Christians

40
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Who was Sun Yat-sen?

A

Founded nationalist Party

41
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Who was Pu Yi?

A

2 year old emperor of China

42
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What Chinese political party pushed for the creation of a republic in China?

A

Nationalist Party

43
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What was the Meiji Restoration in Japan?

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The uprising of samurai that defeated the shogun

44
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What was surprising about the Russio-Japanese war?

A

Japan was the first non European country to defeat a European country in war.

45
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What non European country did Europeans view as an equal going into World War I?

A

Japan

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