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Imperialism Flashcards

1
Q

Define Imperialism

A

The seizure of a weak country or territory by a stronger country.

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2
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Six forces of motives

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  1. The need for natural resources
  2. Desire for new markets
  3. Competition for world power
  4. Racism: belief that whites were superior
  5. “Civilize the world”
  6. Christianize the heathen world
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3
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Racism was reflected in the social theory known as

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Social Darwinism

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4
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Only country in Africa to successfully resist European colonialism

A

Ethiopia

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5
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West African country started by US as a haven for ex slaves

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Liberia

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6
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Colony

A

Territory governed literally by former power

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7
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Protectorate

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Territory governed by its own leaders but is under the power of an outside power (puppet)

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8
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Sphere of Imperialism

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Territory where the foreign power has exclusive trading

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9
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Economic Imperialism

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Territory controlled by a private business

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10
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A policy which European nations govern weaker countries as if they were “children” being taken care of by their parents

A

Paternalism

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11
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Major purpose of the Berlin conference

A

To divide up Africa among themselves

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12
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Two European countries that received the lions share

A

Britain and France

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13
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Three groups that fought over South Africa

A

Zulu
Dutch
British

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14
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Two valuable resources in south A and what war was fought over them

A

Gold and diamonds
Boer
War

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15
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British businessman who amassed huge fortune in Africa
Started his own country known as
Later is renamed

A

Cecil Rhodes
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe

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16
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The dominant world power

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Britain

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17
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Policy in which weaker nation is expected to give up their culture and adapt to European culture

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Assimilation

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18
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What was meant by “ the sun never set on the British empire”

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It was so large that it was always daylight somewhere in the British empire

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19
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Why was Africa known as the dark continent

A

It was so unknown to the European

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20
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Scottish missionary Doctor

A

David livingstone

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21
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Why did Joseph Conrad write the heart of darkness

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To try and expose the evils of imperialism

22
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An interest in the taking of land for its strategic location

A

Geopolitics

23
Q

American sent to fin David livingstone

His famous quote

A

Henry Stanley

“David Livingstone, I presume”

24
Q

Empire that had controlled the Middle East for centuries

A

Ottoman Empire

25
Q

Dutch farmers

A

Boers

26
Q

Made the Congo into his own personal plantation

A

King Leopold 2

27
Q

Crossroads of the world

Why

A

Middle East

Because it was connected to Europe, Asia and Africa

28
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What was known as the lifeline of the British empire

A

The Suez Canal

29
Q

French engineer

A

Ferdinand de Lesseps

30
Q

Countries that border the Pacific Ocean

A

Pacific rim

31
Q

Dutch east india

A

Indonesia

32
Q

Two large port cities

A

Singapore and Hong Kong

33
Q

Vietnam,Combodia,and Laos made up

A

French Indochina

34
Q

British school teacher who came to Siam(Thialand)

To teach how many of kings children

A

Anna Leonowens

68

35
Q

BIG PRIZE in Asia

A

China

36
Q

War fought to control the Middle East

A

Crimean war

37
Q

British nurse

A

Florence nightingale

38
Q

Indian soldiers in British army

A

Sepoys

39
Q

Causes of The Sepoy Mutiny

A 
Soldiers forced into Christianity
Treated as second class citizens
40
Q

Father of modern day India

A

Mohandas Gandi

41
Q

Purpose of Boxer Rebellion

A

Drive out all Europeans

42
Q

How did Japan avoid imperialism

A

By becoming the first imperialistic power in Asia

43
Q

Product British sold to China

In exchange for what

A

Opium

Chinese tea, silks and porcelain

44
Q

Japan’s victory in Russo Japanese war proved what

A

That whites aren’t the superior race

45
Q

Why some believed the US should colonize

A

Trade and new markets

46
Q

Led Filipino nationalists in their struggle for independence from US

A

Emiliano Aquinaldo

47
Q

Four territories gained by US

A

Cuba
Puerto Rica
Guam
Phillipines

48
Q

Started all European imperialist powers should stay out of the Americas

A

Monroe Doctrine

49
Q

Seward folly

A

Purchasing Alaska,which seemed to be mostly ice and snow but, turned out to have profitable resources

50
Q

Last monarch of Hawaii

A

Queen Liliuokalani

51
Q

American sugar plantation owner

A

Sanford Dole

52
Q

Two negatives

Two positives

A

Forced labor/slavery and millions died in famine

Literacy increased and countries were modernized

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