modern world history imperialism test

Question 1

Force Publique

Answer 1

A private congolese military force made up of locals from the Congo.

Question 2

sovereignty

Answer 2

the authority of a state to govern itself or another state

Question 3

popular sovereignty

Answer 3

the idea that government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want

Question 4

New Imperialism

Answer 4

New Imperialism characterizes a period of colonial expansion by European powers, the United States, and Japan.

Question 5

capitalism

Answer 5

an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private

Question 6

indigenous

Answer 6

inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists (native)

Question 7

British East India Company (EIC)

Answer 7

The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean Region

Question 8

mughal empire

Answer 8

The Mughal Empire or Mughal Kingdom was an early modern power in South Asia.

Question 9

sepoys

Answer 9

an Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders

Question 10

deindustrialization

Answer 10

decline in industrial activity in a region or economy

Question 11

martial races

Answer 11

Martial race theory, which classifies and ranks human groups based on supposedly atavistic warlike qualities

Question 12

Taiping Rebellion ★

Answer 12

a civil war in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Question 13

Tongzhi Restoration ★

Answer 13

The Tongzhi Restoration was an attempt to arrest the dynastic decline of the Qing dynasty by restoring the traditional order

Question 14

opium

Answer 14

an addictive drug that was brought into China by the British

Question 15

samurai

Answer 15

warriors of premodern Japan, later made up the ruling military class

Question 16

Confucian ideals

Answer 16

the importance of having a good moral character

Question 17

emissaries

Answer 17

a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.

Question 18

trotros

Answer 18

trotros are privately owned minibus share taxis that Ghanaians used instead of railroads

Question 19

Emperor Menelik II ★

Answer 19

King of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913

Question 20

Samori Ture ★

Answer 20

a Mandinka Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire

Question 21

Tokugawa shogunate ★

Answer 21

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo shogunate, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868, and were led by a military ruler called a shogun

Question 22

Meiji Restoration ★

Answer 22

a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji