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Chapter 32

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Cecil Rhodes, who said, "We are the finest race in the world and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race", was (p. 731)
A leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa
Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The White Man's Burden," was actually meant to inspire the Americans to colonize (p. 735)
philippines
The Suez Canal was essential for (p. 734-736)
british control over india
The battle of Omdurman (p. 742)
Opened the door for British colonial rule in Sudan
Submarine cables linked all parts of the British empire throughout the world by (p. 736)
1902
The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were (p. 737)
Indian National troops
In 1824, Thomas Stamford Raffles founded the port of (p. 739)
singapore
Between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of ___________________, and by 1900, the only part of southeast Asia not under European imperial rule was _____________________. (p. 740)
france siam
The Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by (p. 740)
belgium
The Berlin Conference (p. 741)
devised ground rulers for the European colonization of Africa
Who were the Boers? (p. 741
dutch settlers in south africa
. "Concessionary companies" refers to a system of colonial rule that employed (p. 743)
Private companies granted territory and control over taxation and labor for mining, construction, or agricultural projects
In 1770, Captain James Cook anchored his fleet at Botany Bay, near what modern city? AND...New South Wales was originally settled by about one thousand people, most of them convicted criminals, _____________________________________. (p. 743-744)
sydney but voluntary migrants outnumbered convicts with in 50 yrs
Which matching of imperial power and colonial area is NOT correct? (p. 746)
US and fiji
After the overthrow of Queen Lili`uokalani in 1893, the United States took over (p. 746)
hawaii
The Monroe Doctrine (p. 746)
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 (p. 747)
Spanish American war
Emilio Aguinaldo led an uprising in (p. 747)
The Philippines against the United States
The Roosevelt Corollary strengthened U.S. military and economic claims in which area of the world? (p. 747)
Latin america;Those territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the United States
The Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over (p. 748)
Korea
Under British control, Ceylon became a major producer of (p. 749)
tea
Between 1800 and 1914, ____________ million Europeans migrated overseas, and the majority of indentured laborers came from ______________________. (p. 750)
50 million
The Maji Maji rebellion occurred in (p. 751)
Tanganyika against the Germans
Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau, author of the Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races, viewed Europeans as (p. 752)
Intelligent and morally superior to all other peoples in the world
Social Darwinists, a term associated with Herbert Spencer, believed that (p. 752)
Powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies
How did the Japanese and Americans compare to European nations in regards to imperialism? (p. 753)
Proved to be just as racist as the Europeans
Who was Ram Mohan Roy? (p. 753)
the father of modern india
In 1916, the Indian National Congress (p. 754)
joined forces with the All-India Muslim League
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