Chapter 11

Question 1

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially

Answer 1

Imperialism

Question 2

The belief that one race is superior to others

Answer 2

Racism

Question 3

the application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies particularly as justification for imperialists expansion

Answer 3

Social Darwinism

Question 4

A meeting in which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa

Answer 4

Berlin Conference 1884-85

Question 5

Zulu Chief, Used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state

Answer 5

Shaka

Question 6

Dutch settlers, gradually took over native Africans land and established large farms

Answer 6

Bóers

Question 7

A migration of Dutch colonists out of British controlled territory I South Africa during the 1830s

Answer 7

Great Trek

Question 8

A conflict lasting from 1889 to 1902 in which the bóers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa

Answer 8

Boer War

Question 9

A policy of treating subject people as if they were children providing for their needs but not giving them rights

Answer 9

Paternalism

Question 10

The French supported a policy of _____, that Policy was based on the idea that in time the local populations would become absorbed into French culture

Answer 10

Assimilation

Question 11

Ethiopia was the On,y African nation to successfully resist the European— its victory was due to one man ____Became emperor of Ethiopia in 1889

Answer 11

Menelik II

Question 12

An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products played an important role in the fate of the Ottoman Empire

Answer 12

Geopolitics

Question 13

In 1853, a war broke out between the Russians and the Ottomans, the war was called ____ after a Peninsula in the Black Sea where most of the war was fought

Answer 13

Crimean War

Question 14

A man,are waterway connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, which was opened in 1869

Answer 14

Suez Canal

Question 15

An Indian soldier serving under British command

Answer 15

Sepoy

Question 16

The British colony of india, so called ____ because of its importance in the British empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods

Answer 16

“Jewel in the crown”

Question 17

An 1857 Rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India

Answer 17

Sepoy mutiny

Question 18

The British controlled portions of India in the years 1757-1947

Answer 18

Raj

Question 19

The lands surrounding the Pacific Ocean especially those in Asia

Answer 19

Pacific rim

Question 20

He ruled from 1851 to 1868 and Modernized his land and prevented the British and French from taking over

Answer 20

King mongkut

Question 21

Leader of the Filipino nationalists, claimed that the United States had promised immediate independence after the Spanish American war ended

Answer 21

Emilio aguinaldo

Question 22

The adding of a regin tot he territory of an existing political unit

Answer 22

Annexation

Question 23

Calle door a new constitution that would increase her power, took over the throne

Answer 23

Queen Liliuokalani