Imperialism
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hcps-smithre on March 10, 2010
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flashcards for the imperialsim test. i'm not guaranteeing (sp?) accuracy, so i made them open for anyone to edit. feel free to make more or change any mistakes you find.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Imperialism | the domination of one country by another in political, economic, or cultural aspects of life |
| Imperialism | extending a nation's influence directly or indirectly over weaker areas |
| Colonialism | a type of imperialism that involves taking direct control of an area and turning it into a colony under a nation's authority |
| Nationalism | belief that one nation is better than all the others |
| Jingoism | extreme nationalism |
| Protectorate | a type of imperialized place that has its own government but policies are directed by imperialistic government |
| Sphere of Influence | region in which the mother country claims exclusive investment or trading privileges |
| Oil | what Europeans wanted from the middle east |
| Rubber | what Europeans wanted from Africa |
| Congo | Belgian colony made specifically for rubber production |
| Textiles | what Europeans wanted from India |
| Status | what colonies are a symbol of |
| "White Man's Burden" | poem by Rudyard Kipling about the need to teach everyone how the white man's way is the 'best' way |
| Great Britain | European country with the largest colonial empire |
| Muhammed Ali | leader who freed Egypt from the Ottoman Empire |
| Suez Canal | canal built from the Mediterranian Sea to the Red Sea that was funded by selling shares of it and was taken over by Great Britain |
| Boers | Dutch settlers of South Africa |
| Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam | countries taken over by France in Asia |
| Algeria | France's huge portion of Africa |
| Africa and Asia | where Germany finally took colonies in the 1880s |
| Congo Free State | Belgian colony where there was a genocide of the natives who harvested rubber |
| King Leopold II | King of Belgium whose personal accounts gained all the money made in the Congo Free State |
| Gold, Diamonds, and Silver | resources plentiful in Africa |
| Cecil Rhodes | British man whose goal was to build a railroad that stretched all the way across Africa |
| Parthide | an act that promotes extreme racism |
| Liberia and Ethiopia | contries that remained free during the scramble for Africa |
| Scramble for Africa | time period where European nations all want to gain control of Africa |
| Berlin Conference | conference that set ground rules for imperialism and drew the boundaries of Africa |
| The Maine | US ship that got blown up and started the Spanish American War |
| Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines | countries gained by the US after the Spanish American War |
| Bananas, Coffee, and Cigars | products that US wants from Latin America |
| British East India Company | trading company in India that has complete control over trade and on which India becomes dependent. |
| Sepoys | group of Indians trained by the British to be in their army |
| Indian Nationalist Congress | group of Indians determined to get liberation from British control led by Mahatma Gandhi |
| Mahatmas Gandhi | Leader of Indian Nationalist Congress who use passive resistance |
| Tea and Silk | two goods that Europeans wanted from China |
| Qing Dynasty | the last dynasty of China who was overthrown after it didn't prevent British control |
| Treaty of Nanjing | Treaty that ended the Opium War and gave Britain Hong Kong and Extraterritoriality |
| Extraterritoriality | policy that British travelers in China would only have to obey British laws |
| Taiping Rebellion | Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty that was brutally put down killing 20 million |
| Sino-Japanese War | war between Japan and China that eventually let Japan carve out Spheres of Influence |
| Boxer Rebellion | Rebellion against British control that was originally supported by the Qings and overthrew Britain |
| Dr. Sun Yatsen | leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party |
| Matthew Perry | man who opened up US trade in Japan |
| Meiji Restoration | when the Japanese samurai overthrow the shoguns and restores the emporer |
| Korea and Island of Formosa | nations that Japan imperialized to gain natural resources |
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