Unit 15

Question 1

battle in which Italy lost 6,000 soldiers to Ethiopians in 1894

Answer 1

Adowa

Question 2

diamond company founded by Cecil Rhodes

Answer 2

De Beers

Question 3

he applied Darwin’s concept of “natural selection” to ENTIRE groups of people

Answer 3

Herbert Spencer

Question 4

the French concept that said it was their duty to spread French culture to “inferior” peoples

Answer 4

the civilizing mission

Question 5

the British concept that said it was their duty to spread British culture to “inferior” peoples

Answer 5

the White Man’s Burden

Question 6

British poet who popularized the notion of the White Man’s Burden

Answer 6

Rudyard Kipling

Question 7

idea that the “New” Imperialism was caused by a desire to alleviate the social problems caused by industrialization

Answer 7

Social imperialism

Question 8

idea that the “New” Imperialism was caused by the Europeans’ desire to protect their established interests from being seized by native peoples

Answer 8

peripheral explanation

Question 9

critic of imperialism; said rush to acquire colonies was due to capitalism’s need to invest surplus money

Answer 9

J A Hobson

Question 10

author whose Heart of Darkness criticized European greed and racism

Answer 10

Joseph Conrad

Question 11

product grown in India that reversed the balance of trade between Britain and China

Answer 11

opium

Question 12

ended the First Opium War; gave Hong Kong to Britain

Answer 12

Treaty of Nanking

Question 13

Egyptian leader who led modernization movement and attracted European investment to Egypt

Answer 13

Muhammad Ali

Question 14

north African colony of France

Answer 14

Algeria

Question 15

Dutch farmer in South Africa

Answer 15

Boer

Question 16

language of Dutch farmers in South Africa

Answer 16

Afrikaans

Question 17

movement of Dutch farmers inland after British took Cape Town in South Africa

Answer 17

Great Trek

Question 18

The European takeover of the rest of the African continent from 1882-1900

Answer 18

Scramble for Africa

Question 19

conflict between British and Dutch Afrikaners over control of South Africa from 1899-1902

Answer 19

Boer War

Question 20

British imperialist in Africa; established diamond trade and gold mines

Answer 20

Cecil Rhodes

Question 21

British explorer who explored Congo for Belgian king

Answer 21

Henry Stanley

Question 22

king of Belgium who conquered and exploited Congo for rubber wealth

Answer 22

King Leopold II

Question 23

International conference on Africa that established the principle of “effective occupation”

Answer 23

Berlin Conference

Question 24

site of massacre of British troops by Sudanese Muslims in 1885

Answer 24

Khartoum

Question 25

site of British victory over Sudanese Muslims in 1898

Answer 25

Omdurman

Question 26

last traditional rebellion against British rule in India

Answer 26

Great Rebellion of 1857

Question 27

period in which Japan modernized along western lines

Answer 27

Meiji Restoration