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AP WORLD Chapter 32: The Building of Global Empires

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Cecil Rhodes
A leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa
"We are the finest race in the world and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race"
by Cecil Rhodes
"The White Man's Burden"
author was Rudyard Kipling
"The White Man's Burden," was actually meant
to inspire the Americans to colonize The Philippines
The Suez Canal
was essential for British control over India
The battle of Omdurman
Opened the door for British colonial rule in Sudan
Submarine cables around the world
1902
figures in the uprising in 1857 in India
Disgruntled Sepoy troops
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Singapore
Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of
France
southeast Asia not under European imperial rule
Siam
The Congo Free State
established by Belgium
Berlin Conference
devised the ground rule for the European colonization of Africa
The Boers were
Dutch settlers in South Africa
"Concessionary companies" refers to a system of colonial rule that employed
Private companies granted territory and control over taxation and labor for mining, construction, or agricultural projects
Captain James Cook anchored
Sydney
New South Wales was originally settled by about one thousand people, most of them convicted criminals,
But voluntary migrants outnumbered convicts within 50 years
List as many imperial powers to their colony...
NOT: The United States and Fiji
After the overthrow of Queen Lili`uokalani
Hawaii
The Monroe Doctrine
Worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs
The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in
The Spanish-Cuban-American war
Emilio Aguinaldo
led an uprising in The Philippines against the United Statesw
The Roosevelt Corollary
strengthened U.S. military and economic claims in which area of the world Those territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the United States
The Sino-Japanese War
began with a dispute over Korea
Japan became a major imperial power after its victory in the
Russo-Japanese War
Ceylon
major producer of Tea
Between 1800 and 1914, how many Europeans migrated overseas?
Fifty Million
majority of indentured laborers came from
India
The Maji Maji rebellion
occurred in Tanganyika against the Germans
Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races
author was Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau
Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau
viewed Europeans as Intelligent and morally superior to all other peoples in the world
social Darwinists
powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies
The term "social Darwinism" is associated
with Herbert Spencer
In regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americans
Proved to be just as racist as the Europeans
Ram Mohan Roy
All of these are correct
Indian National Congress
joined forces with the All-India Muslim League
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