The Building of Global Empires { 32 } Flashcards

6257836648	what were four motivations for imperialism?	1. military 2. political 3. economics (European capitalism) 4. religious	0
6257844653	concerning religious motivations for imperialism, what was this called?	"the golden age of missionaries"	1
6257852372	in the "White Man's Burden," by Rudyard Kipling, who's duty was it to bring order and enlightenemtn to distant lands?	the white man	2
6257855775	imperial policies were used to do what?	distract the proletariat from domestic politics	3
6257860868	who had the idea that imperialism was an alternative to civil war?	Cecil Rhodes	4
6257867805	during the time of vast imperialism, what spread widely?	different modes of transportation	5
6257872874	concerning infrastructure, what two structures were built during this age of imperialism?	the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal	6
6257904521	what was India the major supplier of from 1820 to 1914?	indentured servants	7
6257909961	the British Empire in India is an example of what type of colony?	a non-settler colony	8
6257914095	how did the British form an Empire in India?	they took advantage of the declining Mughal Empire	9
6257920635	the death of what Mughal emperor allowed the British to gain control in India?	Aurangzeb (1707)	10
6257923234	who was Queen Victoria?	the self-named, "empress of India"," in 1877	11
6257928251	what was the British, "Doctrine of Lapse," idea?	the idea that if a ruler dies in an area and there is no male successor to take over, the land has lapsed and the British can come in and rule the area of land	12
6257939352	what was the Indian Rebellion (1857) sparked by?	the rumor that the newly issued rifles had cartiges in wax paper greased with animal fat; posed offense to both Hindus (beef) and Muslims (pork)	13
6257959497	who ignited a small-scale general anti-British revolution?	the sepoys	14
6257950968	what did Britain do in India in response to the rebellion?	they exiled the emperor to Burma, they abolished the East India, and estalished the direct rule of India by the British government	15
6257979410	what three strategic port locations did the British hold inbetween the Indian Ocean and South China Sea?	- Burma - Singapore - Malaya	16
6257991118	what was the "Great Game"?	the conflicting Russian and British intrigue in Afghanistan	17
6258001651	the imperialism in Southeast Asia was an example of what type of imperialism?	indirect imperialism	18
6258074991	in the French imperialized lands of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, what did they greatly encourage?	a conversion to Christianity	19
6258080792	Rhodesia is also known as what country now, and what was is exploited for when it was being imperialized?	Zimbabwe; gold and diamonds	20
6258083474	who was David Livingston?	a medical missionary who names "Victoria Falls" and was the first person to really explore the interiror of Africa	21
6258098407	alongside the exploration of the African interior, what did they also explore?	the rivers (ex. Nile, Niger, Congo, Zambezi, etc.)	22
6258112481	the Congo Free State was established by who?	King Leopold II of Belgium	23
6258120014	when did King Leopold II of Belgium take control of the Congo Free State, and what did he rename it?	1908; the Belgian Congo	24
6258145870	with the British take over of South Africa in 1806, the Afrikaners migrated eastward in what movement?	the Great Trek	25
6258148016	what was the purpose of the Great Trek?	to establish a new land somewhere else, not under British rule	26
6258160624	the British tolerated the new colonies form in South Africa formed by the Great Trek until what happened?	gold was discovered	27
6258168790	the South African War (1899-1902) is also known by what name?	the Boer War	28
6258173426	what was the result of the South African War?	the Afrikaners conceded in 1902, and 8 years later integrated into the Union of South Africa	29
6258221551	what was the purpose of the Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885)?	it produced the rules for colonization in Africa; any European state could take "unoccupied" territoy after informing other European powers	30
6258231251	what was one main system of colonial rule?	concessionary companies	31
6258243076	who used the idea of direct rule?	the French; with this they had French citizens in charge of the lands, which also produced a personell shortage (ex. in West Africa, 3600 Europeans ruled 9 million natives)	32
6258256549	who used the idea of indirect rule?	the British; they kept the pre-existing system in place, with that, they did not face personell shotages	33
6258267499	what two places in Oceania were settler colonies?	Australia and New Zealand	34
6258270456	in 1907, what did New Zealand do?	the became self-governing, but still remained a part of the British Empire	35
6258278967	the British used Australia as a penal colony and what resulted from that?	they had voluntary migrants follow, they discovered gold in (1851), but smallpox and measles devastated the natives	36
6258286814	what did they call Australia?	terra nullius: "land belonging to no one"	37
6258318936	who originally explored New Zealand?	James Cook	38
6258324043	what treaty were the New Zealand natives forced to sign, placing them under British "protection"?	the Treaty of Waitangi (1840)	39
6258331717	the Pacific Islands were primarily used as what during this time?	commercial outposts	40
6258334727	what are three resources the Pacific Islands held?	- sugarcane - guano - copra	41
6258339100	what was the Monroe Doctrine?	the doctrine that warned Europeans to not engage in imperialism in the western hemisphere (1823)	42
6258345399	when did we purchased Alaska, and from whom?	1867; Russia	43
6258349702	wha land did the US establish. protectorate over in 1875?	Hawaii	44
6258354739	how did the US get the opportunity to acquire the Hawaiian Islands?	in 1893, the locals overthrew the queen and persuaded the US to acquire the islands in 1898	45
6258378960	what war launched the US into imperialism, and why?	as a result of the Spanish-Cuban-American War (1898-1899) America acquired Puerto Rica, Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines, displaying them as a widespread nation, launching them into imperialism	46
6258401918	who used "Big Stick Diplomacy"?	President Theodore Roosevelt	47
6258408380	what was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?	the stated that the US had the right to intervene in the domestic affairs of other nations if US investments were threatened	48
6258455871	in the 1870's, Japan worked to colonize northern regions, name one.	Hokkaido	49
6258462940	in 1876, Japan purchased what from Britain in an effort to strengthen their forces to dominate Korea?	warships	50
6258470033	who fought in the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), and what was it over?	the Japanese and the Chinese; over the domination of Korea	51
6258477073	economically, what did the legacies of imperialism encourage?	a dependency on imperial powers for manufactured goods made from native raw products (ex. Indian cotton)	52
6258488876	the Europeans more to more __________ lands.	temperate	53
6258497595	Africans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders moved to __________ / __________ lands.	tropical / subtropical	54
6258504237	in German West Africa, what rebellion took place during 1905 to 1906?	the Maji Maji Rebellion	55
6258514466	who was Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1883)?	who Bengali called, the "father of modern India"	56
6258522893	when was the Indian National Congress?	1885	57
6258533256	who did the Indian National Congress join with in 1916?	the All-India Muslim League	58