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The Age Of Imperialism Flashcards

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Afrikaners

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(Also know as Boers) Dutch for “farmers”. Dutch settlers that gradually took African’s land and established large farms.

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Boers

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(Also know as Afrikaners) Dutch for “farmers”. Dutch settlers that gradually took African’s land and established large farms.

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Battle of Adowa

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The battle of Adowa

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Battle of Plassey

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Britain defeats French establishing control of the East India company over the French East India Company. Assured fact that British were dominant over France.

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Belgian Congo

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Area of Africa taken over by King Leopold ll (Belgium) that was 80x larger than Belgium itself.

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Berlin Conference

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Meeting of 14 nations to divide Africa (An African representative was not included at the meeting)

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Boer war (Africa)

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War between the Boers and British over territories in Southern Africa. The British won the war.

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Boxer Rebellion (China)

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Rebellion led by “boxers” in June of 1900s. They led attacks that were suppressed by foreign powers. Boxers were defeated with thousands of Chinese dead.

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British in India- the good and bad

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Good-

Bad-

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Cecil Rhodes

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Business man and major supporter of British expansion, and thought that British were the best race. He also wanted gold and diamonds in South Africa.

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Ci Xi (China)

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Chines leader who despised foreign power and encouraged groups to overthrow imperialists.

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Colony

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David Livingstone

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Scottish

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Effects of imperialism

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Racism
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Ethiopia

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Who- Only country to stay independent under Menelik ll

When-1896 after Ethiopia’s victory in the battle of Adowa against Italy

Why were they important- Ethiopia had many valuable resources and had to fight of countries trying to take control of them. They were the only country to remain independent.

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Examples of resources

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Diamonds 
Gold 
Silver 
Ivory*
Rubber trees*

*King Leopolds main focuses in Africa

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Factors that paved the way for imperialism

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Nationalism- China

Industrial revolution- quest for resources

Religious fervor- missionaries were sent to spread Christianity by building churches and hospitals, disregarding the natives religions.

Racial and cultural superiority- (social Darwinism)

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Henry Stanley

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Sent to find Livingstone

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Imperialism

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One countries dominance of the political, social, and economic life of another country.

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Indian national congress

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Japanese foci in the 1870s

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The

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Leopold ll (Berlin)

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Forms International African Association with a title made to trick Africans into thinking that they were being included. Claims the Congo Free State and used slave labor to strip Africa of its resources

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Liberia

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Who

When

Why were they important

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Matthew Perry

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U.S commodore who threatened Japan to take a letter from U.S president (ask for for free trade), and told him he would come back in a year to hear the Tokugawa shoguns reply .

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Meiji Leaders (Japan)

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Emperor Mutsuhitos focus was to modernize Japan

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Menelik ll

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Missionaries

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People sent to spread Christianity by building churches and hospitals

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Mutsuhito

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Japanese emperor whos rule was known as the Meiji (“enlightened rule”) era. His main goal was to modernize Japan.

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Opium War (China)

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Britain refused to stop trading opium to China, and this resulted in the opium war. Battles were mostly at sea, so China’s boats were undeveloped compared to Britain’s modern steamboats. China suffered a humiliating loss. This resulted in the treaty of Nanjing (peace treaty giving Britain Hong Kong)

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Orange Free State

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Created by the Boers after their Great Trek, along with Transvaal.

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Ottoman Empire

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Controlled lands in Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia. Became weak due to corruption and theft (financial chaos), and was now not as modern as Europeans. Places such as Greece and Serbia gained independence and we’re looking to build off of what the Ottoman Empire had done already.

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Partition

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Country with separate areas of government

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Protectorate

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A country under the partial control and protection of another nation.

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Qing dynasty

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Left China weak

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Queen Victoria

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Queen of England during the time of opium trading. Commissioner Lin sent her a letter pleading for her to help with the issues, but pleas went unanswered

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Quotes and their meanings

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Rudyard Kipling

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Wrote the White Man’s Burden.

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Russo-Japanese war

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Caused when Japan launched a surprise attack on Russian ships because the Russians refused to stay out of Korea (Japan wanted Korea as its own territory. Japan drove Russian troops out of Korea and captured most of Russia’s pacific fleet. Resulted in Russia and Japan making peace negotiations. (Treaty of Portsmouth) Declared that Japan had all captured territories and Russia must stay out of Korea and withdraw from Manchuria.

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Sepoy

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Indian soldiers belonging to the British East India Company

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Sino-Japanese war

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China and Japan had signed a hands off agreement over Korea, but China broke the agreement and Japan declared war. The Japan drove China out of Korea and destroyed the Chinese navy, then signed a peace treaty giving Japan its first colonies (Taiwan and Pescadores islands)

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Social Darwinism

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And

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Sphere of influence

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A form of imperialism where

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Suez Canal

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The

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“Sun never sets…”

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The

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Sun yat-sen

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Chinese

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The great trek

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Boers

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The sepoy rebellion

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Sepoy mutiny

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Transvaal

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For

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Unequal treaties

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In China and Japan

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Union of South Africa

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Dhr

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United league

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A

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Westernization

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The

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Wheat famine

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When people were forced to grip cash crops rather than

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Years of imperialism and why

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1800-1914

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1911 Chinese Revolution

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Troops destroy Qing Dynasty, and this marks the end of the Qing Dynasty.

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