ch 11&12

Question 1

imperialism

Answer 1

seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country

Question 2

racism

Answer 2

The belief that one race is superior to others

Question 3

Social Darwinism

Answer 3

ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” were applied to human society.

Question 4

Berlin Conference

Answer 4

1884–85 to lay down rules for the division of Africa.

Question 5

Shaka

Answer 5

Zulu chief that used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state

Question 6

Boers

Answer 6

Dutch farmers

Question 7

Paternalism

Answer 7

Europeans governed people in a parental way by providing for their needs but not giving them rights.
-The French and other European powers used this

Question 8

Menelik II

Answer 8

emperor of Ethiopia and successfully played Italians, French, and British against each other

Question 9

Geopolitics

Answer 9

(ottoman empire) an interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products

Question 10

Crimean War

Answer 10

In 1853, war broke out between the Russians and the Ottomans to gain control over the Black Sea
-Britain and France later joined the war on the ottoman side to prevent the Russians from winning
-Russia was defeated
-(& first war women were allowed to join)

Question 11

Muhammad Ali

Answer 11

Father of modern Egypt
Muhammad Ali –> Isma’il

Question 12

Suez Canal

Answer 12

human-made waterway that connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
Isma’il supported the construction

Question 13

Sepoys

Answer 13

Indian soldiers

Question 14

“jewel in the crown”

Answer 14

British talking about India
-valuable

Question 15

Sepoy Mutiny

Answer 15

fighting between the British and the Sepoys

Question 16

Opium War

Answer 16

Fought between the British and the Chinese because British wouldn’t stop selling opium to China people were getting too addicted.
-British won the War
-Treaty of Nanjing (gave Britain the island of Hong Kong)

Question 17

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 17

Hong Xiuquan
all Chinese people would share China’s vast wealth and
no one would live in poverty.
taiping, meaning “great peace.”

Question 18

sphere of influence

Answer 18

an area in which the foreign nation controlled trade and investment.

Question 19

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 19

Boxers = Poor peasants and workers who hated the new reforms Society of
-Righteous and Harmonious Fists
-Was effective and caused CHina to try and make changes in government

Question 20

U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry

Answer 20

Sailed to Tokyo to deliver a letter from Millard Fillmore to allow free trade between the
United States and Japan.

Question 21

Treaty of Kanagawa

Answer 21

Japan opened two ports at which U.S. ships could take on supplies.

Question 22

Meiji era

Answer 22

Mutsuhito’s reign

Question 23

Russo-Japanese War

Answer 23

Japan launched a surprise attack on Russian ships
Theodore Roosevelt helped draft the Treaty of Portsmouth

Question 24

Motives for Imperialism

Answer 24

ECONOMIC
EXPLORATORY
POLITICAL
IDEOLOGICAL
RELIGIOUS

Question 25

Assimilation

Answer 25

two groups meet and the weaker adopt all the culture of the stronger.

Question 26

Amalgamation

Answer 26

groups come together and create a unique culture

Question 27

Accommodation

Answer 27

two groups come together and the stay seperate to maintain their own culture

Question 28

Annihilation

Answer 28

group destroys weaker group

Question 29

Rudyard Kipling

Answer 29

“White Man’s Burden”

Question 30

King Leopold II

Answer 30

congo

Question 31

Boer War

Answer 31

Boer - dutch farmer British Army fought a bitter colonial war against the Boers in South Africa.

Question 32

Geopolitics

Answer 32

politics as influenced by geographical factors

Question 33

Sino-Japanese War

Answer 33

War of Resistance military conflict Republic of China and the Empire of Japan

Question 34

Central Powers/Allied Powers

Answer 34

allied powers - United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States central powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

Question 35

Congress of Vienna

Answer 35

Klemens von Metternich- Three Goals (Containment of France, Balance of Power, Legitimacy)

Question 36

Battle of Trafalgar

Answer 36

British vs. french and Spanish; Britain won sea dominace

Question 37

Battle of Waterloo

Answer 37

Napoleon's forces were defeated by the Prussians and the British

Question 38

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 38

absolute monarchy

Question 39

John Locke

Answer 39

democracy

Question 40

a policy that let owners of industry set working conditions without government interference

Answer 40

Laissez - faire