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

New Imperialism or Neo-imperialism 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. The period is distinguished by an unprecedented pursuit of overseas territorial acquisitions.

Question 3

King Leopoid II of Europe

Answer 3

Leopold II, French in full Léopold-Louis-Philippe-Marie-Victor, Dutch in full Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor (born April 9, 1835, Brussels, Belgium—died December 17, 1909, Laeken), king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909. Keen on establishing Belgium as an imperial power, he led the first European efforts to develop the Congo River basin, making possible the formation in 1885 of the Congo Free State, annexed in 1908 as the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although he played a significant role in the development of the modern Belgian state, he was also responsible for widespread atrocities committed under his rule against his colonial subjects.

Question 4

Scramble for Africa

Answer 4

The “Scramble for Africa” 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

The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, 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

Shaka kaSenzangakhona (circa 1787 – 22 September 1828), also known as Shaka [a] Zulu (Zulu pronunciation: [ˈʃaːɠa]), was one of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu Kingdom. He was born near present-day Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal Province.

Question 7

Asante Kingdom

Answer 7

The Ashanti Empire was a pre-colonial West African state that emerged in the 17th century in what is now Ghana. The Ashanti or Asante were an ethnic subgroup of the Akan-speaking people, and were composed of small chiefdoms.

Question 8

Cecil Rhobes

Answer 8

Cecil John Rhodes PC (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa, who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.

Question 9

Union of South Africa

Answer 9

The Union of South Africa 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: Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Transvaal Colony and Orange River Colony.

Question 10

Suez Canal

Answer 10

Suez Canal. noun. a sea-level canal in NE Egypt, crossing the Isthmus of Suez and linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea: built (1854–69) by de Lesseps with French and Egyptian capital; nationalized in 1956 by the Egyptians. Length: 163 km (101 miles)

Question 11

The Mahdi Annex

Answer 11

to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state:

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

an area in SE Asia, formerly a French colonial federation including Cochin-China, the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos, and the leased territory of Kwangchowan: now comprising the three independent states of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Capital: Hanoi. Expand. Compare Indochina.

Question 15

colonialist

Answer 15

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

Assimilation

Answer 17

the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.

Question 18

Panama Canal

Answer 18

Panama Canal definition. Waterway across the Isthmus of Panama. The canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The United States built it from 1904 to 1914 on territory leased from Panama.

Question 19

White Man’s Burden

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Samoa

Answer 20

a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.

Question 21

Guam

Answer 21

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. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km).

Question 22

Assimiliation

Answer 22

the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.

Question 23

Spanish American war

Answer 23

Spanish-American War definition. A war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba. … The United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines in the war and gained temporary control over Cuba.

Question 24

Sino-Japanese war

Answer 24

the war (1894–95) 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. 2. the war that began in 1937 as a Japanese invasion of China and ended with the World War II defeat of Japan in 1945.

Question 25

Treaty of Shimonoseki

Answer 25

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約 Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku ?) 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 26

Mumbai

Answer 26

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約 Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku ?) 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 27

Bombay

Answer 27

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約 Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku ?) 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 28

Russo-Japanese war

Answer 28

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約 Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku ?) 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 29

Dutch east Indies

Answer 29

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約 Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku ?) 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 30

treaty of Nanjing

Answer 30

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約 Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku ?) 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 31

Opium War

Answer 31

war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.

Question 32

The taiping Rebellion

Answer 32

Taiping Rebellion, radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It lasted for some 14 years (1850–64), ravaged 17 provinces, took an estimated 20 million lives, and irrevocably altered the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12).

The rebellion began under the leadership of Hong Xiuquan (1814–64), a disappointed civil service examination candidate who, influenced by Christian teachings, had a series of visions and believed himself to be the son of God, the younger brother of Jesus Christ, sent to reform China. A friend of Hong’s, Feng Yunshan, utilized Hong’s ideas to organize a new religious group, the God Worshippers’ Society (Bai Shangdi Hui), which he formed among the impoverished peasants of Guangxi province. In 1847 Hong joined Feng and the God Worshippers, and three years later he led them in rebellion. On January 1, 1851, he proclaimed his new dynasty, the Taiping Tianguo (“Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace”), and assumed the title of Tianwang, or “Heavenly King.”

Question 33

Open door policy

Answer 33

The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay’s Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.

Question 34

Self Strengthening Movement

Answer 34

The Self-Strengthening Movement (Chinese: 洋務運動/自強運動/同治維新), c. 1861 – 1895, was a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers.

Question 35

Express Ci Xi

Answer 35

The Self-Strengthening Movement (Chinese: 洋務運動/自強運動/同治維新), c. 1861 – 1895, was a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers.

Question 36

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 36

The Self-Strengthening Movement (Chinese: 洋務運動/自強運動/同治維新), c. 1861 – 1895, was a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers.

Question 37

Rammohun Roy

Answer 37

The Self-Strengthening Movement (Chinese: 洋務運動/自強運動/同治維新), c. 1861 – 1895, was a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers.

Question 38

Indian Revolt of 1857

Answer 38

Indian Rebellion of 1857. … The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also called the Indian Mutiny, the Sepoy Mutiny, India’s First War of Independence or India’s first struggle for independence.

Question 39

Thailand

Answer 39

It began on 10 May 1857, as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company’s Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/ TY-lənd; Thai: ประเทศไทย, rtgs: Prathet Thai, pronounced [pra.tʰêːt tʰaj] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย, rtgs: Ratcha-anachak Thai [râːt.t͡ɕʰa.ʔaː.naː.t͡ɕàk tʰaj] ( listen)), formerly known as Siam (Thai: สยาม, rtgs: Sayam [sa.jǎːm]), is …army.

Question 40

Xhoas Cattle

Answer 40

Born. c. 1840s. … Nongqawuse (Xhosa pronunciation: [noŋ̈͡ǃawuːse]; c. 1840s – 1898) was the Xhosa prophetess whose prophecies led to a millennialist movement that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing crisis of 1856–1857, in what is now the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa.

Question 41

Natural Resources

Answer 41

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Question 42

Java

Answer 42

general-purpose computer programming language designed to produce programs that will run on any computer system.

Question 43

Sumatra

Answer 43

Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatera) is a large island in western Indonesia that is part of the Sunda Islands.

Question 44

David Livingstone

Answer 44

David Livingstone (/ˈlɪvɪŋstən/; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa, one of the most popular national heroes of the late-19th-century in Victorian Britain.

Question 45

Sino-Japanese war

Answer 45

the war (1894–95) 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. 2. the war that began in 1937 as a Japanese invasion of China and ended with the World War II defeat of Japan in 1945.

Question 46

Opium War

Answer 46

war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.

Question 47

Open door policy

Answer 47

The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay’s Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.

Question 48

Mumbai

Answer 48

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約 Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku ?) 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 49

Bombai

Answer 49

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約 Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku ?) 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 50

exploitation

Answer 50

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