New Imperialism Flashcards
Sepoy Mutiny
India vs Britain , end of foreign influence , India taken as a colony
Opium War
China vs Britain , sale of drugs , China divided into spheres
Boxer Rebellion
China vs. foreign powers, end of spheres , failed
Russo-Japanese War
Russia vs. Japan, control of Manchuria, China– Japan won
Sino-Japanese War
Korea and China vs. Japan, Japan won land including Taiwan
Dynasty
ruling family in China
Ethnocentrism
Belief one’s culture is superior
Middle Kingdom
China’s belief in being the “center” of superior
Social Darwinism
Belief that one’s race is superior than other- white european theory
“white man’s burden”
racist poem
Berlin conference
1884- americas was peacefully divided into colonies (by Europeans)
Treaty of Tordesillas
baseball division of Americas by Spain and Portugal
nationalism
Pride in one’s country
Imperialism
One nation dominates another for economic , social, and political gain
mercantilism
economic system associated with imperialism; taking colonies to gain wealth
empire
vast territorial expansion
spheres of influence
China, economic control areas