| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What is Imperialism? | The idea that one country should build an empire in other countries. |
| What was the Mad Scramble for Africa? | A race to see what countries would gain control of Africa for Imperialism. |
| What Europeon countries had control of Africa? | Italy,France,Germany,Purtgal,Britain,Spain,Belgium and Holland (only 2 remained independent Ethiopia and Liberia) |
| When was the Berlin Conference? | 1885. |
| In what country was the Berlin Conference in? | Berlin,Germany. |
| What did the people in the Berlin Conference agree on? | Who would Imperialise Africa. |
| Imperialism? | the idea that a nation should build an empire in foreign lands. |
| Colonize? | to set up a colony or colonize a foreign land. |
| Political? | people who are active with a nation's government. |
| Protectorate? | territory controlled and protected by a stronger nation. |
| Poverty? | a condition of being very poor. |
| Opium? | a drug made from a plant. |
| Addictive? | likely to cause a person to want to use it again and again. |
| Sphere of influence? | a region in which a nation has some control over the actions or decisions of people in that region. |
| Who was invited to the Berlin conference? | all European countries were invited-no one from Africa was invited. |
| Why was the Berlin conference held? | to imperialize Africa for resources; rubber, gold and silver. |
| Taiping Rebellion? | a war in the 1800's Chinese people against Qing Dynasty. rebellion failed, millions of people were killed. |
| Meiji Restoration? | a change in Japan in which people ended the rule of shoguns and gave power back to the emperor. occured in 1868. |
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