Vocabulary

Question 1

imperialism

Answer 1

a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Question 2

Neo- Imperialism

Answer 2

was a period of colonial expansion by European powers, the United States, and the Empire of Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Question 3

king Leopoid II europe

Answer 3

was the second King of the Belgians, known for the founding and exploitation of the Congo Free State as a private venture. … His was the longest reign of any Belgian monarch.

Question 4

Scramble for africa

Answer 4

was the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914.

Question 5

Berlin conference

Answer 5

also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz) or West Africa Conference (Westafrika-Konferenz), regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany’s sudden emergence as an imperial power.

Question 6

shaka

Answer 6

sign is a common greeting in the Hawaiian culture, subsequently also used in surfer culture, and used as a sign of public school pride.

Question 7

Asante kingdom

Answer 7

confederation of states, formed in the late 17th century, was defeated by the British in 1896 and annexed to the British Gold Coast colony in 1901

Question 8

Cecil rhodes

Answer 8

was a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa, who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. … South Africa’s Rhodes University is also named after him.

Question 9

union of south africa

Answer 9

is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into being on 31 May 1910 with the unification of four previously separate British colonies:

Question 10

Suez canal

Answer 10

is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez

Question 11

the Mahdi annex

Answer 11

to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.

Question 12

protectorate

Answer 12

a state that is controlled and protected by another.

Question 13

indirect rule

Answer 13

a system of government of one nation by another in which the governed people retain certain administrative, legal, and other powers.

Question 14

federation of indochina

Answer 14

including Cochin-China, the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos, and the leased territory of Kwangchowan:

Question 15

colonialist

Answer 15

a person who supports the practice of gaining political control over other countries and occupying them with settlers.

Question 16

exploitation

Answer 16

the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work

Question 17

Menelik II

Answer 17

was king of Shewa and emperor of Ethiopia (1889).

Question 18

sphere of influence

Answer 18

a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.

Question 19

settlement

Answer 19

an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict

Question 20

dependent colonies

Answer 20

in which a majority native population is ruled by a small number of representatives from the controlling nation.

Question 21

king Chulalonkorn

Answer 21

was king of Thailand from 1868 to 1910.

Question 22

assimilation

Answer 22

the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas

Question 23

panama canal

Answer 23

connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The United States built it from 1904 to 1914 on territory leased from Panama.

Question 24

white man’s burden

Answer 24

the task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies.

Question 25

missionary

Answer 25

a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.

Question 26

meiji restoration

Answer 26

also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event of change that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

Question 27

samora

Answer 27

tribbing, red kool-aid, 15 calories, extremely high in protein,

Question 28

guam

Answer 28

an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station

Question 29

Spanish Americam war

Answer 29

between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898.

Question 30

Sino - Japanese war

Answer 30

between China and Japan over the control of Korea that resulted in the nominal independence of Korea and the Chinese cession to Japan of Formosa and the Pescadores.

Question 31

treaty of Shimonoseki

Answer 31

was a treaty signed at the Shunpanrō hall, Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and the Qing Empire, ending the First Sino-Japanese War. The peace conference took place from March 20 to April 17, 1895.

Question 32

Mumbal

Answer 32

a seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in W India, on the Arabian Sea.