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Who & when did they bring much of the world under their control

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Europe

1870-1914

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Motives of imperialism

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Economic
Political and military
Humanitarian and religious
Social Darwinism

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Ships needed ________ stations
_______ expansion of rivals
Prestige of ________ empire

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Coaling
Half
Global

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What is the motives of religious people in imperialism

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They though it was their duty to spread what they felt was the blessing of the western civilization

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Social Darwinism believed that this race was superior to all others

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European

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destruction of other weaker nations nature’s way

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Social Darwinism

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Western advantages had:
Strong \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Well-organized \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Powerful \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Superior \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Superior\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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Economics
Government
Armies & navies
Technologies
Medical knowledge
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Forms of imperial control

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Colonies
Protectorates
Spheres of influence

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Rule lands directly or indirectly through natives

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Colonies

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rulers left in place - what they were told

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Protectorates

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Area in which country claimed exclusive privilege

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Spheres of influence

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Us claimed _______ as its sphere of influence

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Latin America

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Who were involved for centuries in African slave trade

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Europe

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promote idea of returning Blacks to Africa

What part of Africa

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Us and Britain

Liberia

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Explores the interior of Africa

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Richard burton & mungo park

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The doctor who was lost in Africa

The one who found him

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Livingstone

Stanley

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Catholic and Protestant missionaries built

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Schools and medical clinics

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What kind of views did missionaries take of africans

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Paternalistic view

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Who were the first to gain riches from Africa during the scramble

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Belgium Congo and Leopold II

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Who followed after Belgium during the suit of Africa

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Britain, France, and Germany

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1884 - held so that European powers wouldn’t go to war with one another over war
Who started it
Who were he only ones who were not there

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Berlin conference
Otto Von Bismarck
Arica

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Who were the only countries left that were not partitioned off 20 years after the conference
(Only one who remained independent)

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Liberia and Ethiopia

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Belgians exploited the riches of

Whet riches did they exploit

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The Congo River valley

Rubber, ivory, and copper

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What place were natives tortured and brutalized

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Congo River valley - Belgium

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France conquered and invaded what | They expanded into where and which directions
Algeria Tunisia West and central Africa
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Britain's Africa was smaller and more scattered than
France
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Britain took ____&_____ of Africa | Directions
West east
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Who gained control of Sudan
Britain
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Britain gained control of who
Egypt
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What did Britain acquire from the Dutch
Cape colony
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Dutch farmers), resents British rule
Boers
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Which direction did the boers move and what did they find
North | Boer republic
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Boer republic is to the north of what?
Cape
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The discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer Republics set off
Boer war
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What kind of war was the boer war?
Guerrilla war
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Who won the boer war in 1899-1902
British
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Who did British unite in the Union of South Africa
Boer republic and cape colony
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Country run by white people that practiced a complete system of racial segregation that would last until 1993
Apartheid
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Who took Mozambique
Portugal
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Portugal took what?
Angola
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What did italy claim
Libya
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Who claimed Somaliland
Italy
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Who took Easter and southwestern Africa
Germany
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Who modernized Ethiopia
Menelik II
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Who defeated Ethiopia/ Menelik
Italy
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What battle was Menelik defeated at
Battle of Adowa
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Ottoman Empire extended across what
Middle East, North Africa, and into Eastern Europe
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When does the Ottoman Empire begin to decline
Provincial leaders increase in power Serious economic decay Corruption set in
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Nationalists revolts spring up in ottoman empire and who gain independence
Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, and Romanians all gained independence
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Attempts to modernize Ottoman Empire _____
Failed
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1908 overthrow the Sultan
Young Turks
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Before the young Turks can complete reforms for Ottoman Empire when breaks out
WWI
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Who doesn't come back after WWI
Ottoman Empire
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Accused of assisting Russians
Armenians
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Who slaughters Armenians after they are accused
Ottoman Turks
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How many armenians are killed over a several years
1 million
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father of modern Egypt
Muhammad Ali
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Who modernized Egypt
Muhammad Ali
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Who built Suez Canal in Egypt
Ferdinand de Lesseps
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How long was Suez Canal and what did it link
100 miles | Red Sea to Mediterranean
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What was a lifeline to British-India from 1860s and on
Suez Canal
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Ruler of Egypt was unable to pay debts so he
sells rights to canal to Disraeli, and British
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Who quickly expand influence over Egypt
British
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British becomes protectorates of who | In what year
Egypt in 1882
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the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life another country
Imperialism
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What country was Britain able to take over
India
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What was happening as Britain was taking over this country
The country was very divided
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Ran the entire colony for Britain
East India company
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Who attempted to modernize India
Britain
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Missionaries attempted to do what to Indians
Christianize
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What did the press for social change do
End slavery and caste system
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Many thousands of Indians served Britain as
Indian troop
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hired and trained to protect European warehouses
Indian troops
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1857 the Sepoys were issued
New rifles
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What did the new enfield rifles have
Paper Cartridges
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How were coated | Why is that a problem
Cow and pig grease | It's against their religions to either kill an animal or eat an unholy animal
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What did the sepoys do to their officers
They rose up against their British officers
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What did British do after sepoys brutally massacred British men, women, and children
They rallied and crushed the rebellion
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After British stopped the sepoy rebellion what did they do
Slaughtered thousands of Indians
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What happens after sepoy rebellion
British sends more troops | Indians have to pay taxes in Britain and India
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How do British feel like they are helping Indians | In reality what's happening
By modernizing all ways of life | Indians are adopting western technology and culture
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British trade with India soared after opening of
Suez Canal
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Pushed India to grow more | Which leads to
Cotton | Terrible famine in China
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British begin to trade what grown in India in return for what
Opium | Chinese tea
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What did the Chinese government outlaw
Opium
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In 1839 chimes warship attack what
British ships carrying opium
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What does British attack in return of Chinese attack
Their navy attack their costal cities
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What is China forced to accept
Treaty of Nanking
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What happens because of the treaty of Nanking
British Takes Hong Kong Chinese pay huge indemnity British citizens in China have extraterritoriality ◦ "Most favored nation" status Chinese lower tariffs Chinese increase in treaty ports (cities opened to foreigners)
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What kind of revolt was Taiping Rebellion | Known as
Peasant revolt | Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace
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How many Chinese die in taiping rebellion
20-30 million
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What was boxer rebellin
Secret society to drive out foreign invaders
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What does Chinese do in 1900
Attack foreign communities across China
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Who crushes boxer rebellion
Multi-national force including U.S.
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1911 named president of new Chinese Republic-
Sun Yixian
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How many years that follow constantly at war- with self or foreign invaders (sun Yixian )
37

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