Imperialism and Global Empires before WWI

Question 1

Who took a bunch of Congo, starting much imperialization of Africa?

Answer 1

Leopold II of Belgium

Question 2

What is the Berlin Conference?

Answer 2

1884 settle disputes in Africa. 14 European leaders split up Africa

Question 3

What is a key result of the Berlin Conference?

Answer 3

African cultures are combined into states, even if they don’t like each other

Question 4

Who are Boers?

Answer 4

Dutch descendants in South Africa–Cecil Rhodes??

Question 5

1700s India

Answer 5

British East India Company rises at Mughals fall

Question 6

Late 1800s India

Answer 6

rebellion–India declared British land under Queen Victoria

Question 7

How does China control the West?

Answer 7

The West has to use gold and silver to trade for Chinese goods since China don’t need none of those West goods

Question 8

Opium Wars

Answer 8

1838-60 Britain (and France) forcing China to open markets, especially for opium.

Question 9

Result of Opium Wars

Answer 9

Europe and Japan start taking land and splitting up spheres of influence

Question 10

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 10

1900 China wrecked while trying to get rid of foreigners

Question 11

1853 Japan

Answer 11

Matthew Perry/Great White Fleet demands right to trade with Japan

Question 12

Meiji Restoration

Answer 12

1867 Japan consolidates gov’t and decides to open and modernize–Japan is world power

Question 13

1895 Japan swipes…

Answer 13

Taiwan

Question 14

What is the result of European imperialization in the Far East?

Answer 14

Traditional village cultures changed forever after introduction of modern labor and such

Question 15

Herbert Spencer

Answer 15

survival of the fittest–justified imposing power on the weak

Question 16

Friedrich Nietzsche

Answer 16

roasted all society, gov’t, and religion

Question 17

What’s going on in society?

Answer 17

Social sciences are born and women are getting mad about rights