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Imperialism Chapter 27 Section 1-4

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What does Imperialism mean?   The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country.  
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Who was David Livingston?   A missionary from Scotland, traveled with a group of Africans deep into central.  
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What was the world's first automatic machine gun?   The Maxim gun.  
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What did the steam engine allow?   Europeans to easily travel on rivers to establish bases of control deep in the African continent.  
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Where did the Fourteen European nations meet?   At the Berlin Conference.  
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Who was Shaka?   A zulu chief who used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state.  
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What were two other names for Boers?   One was Dutch for framers and another one was Afrikaners.  
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What was the Boer War?   It was known as a South African War. It was between the British and the Boers. It was the first modern "total" war.  
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Who served as a British prime minister during World War One?   Winston Churchill.  
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What were discovered in South Arica in 1860s and 1880s?   Diamonds and Gold.  
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What are the four forms of Imperialism?   Colony, Protectorate, Sphere of Influence, and Economic Imperialism.  
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What did indirect rely on?   Existing political rulers.  
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What does paternalism mean?   Europeans governed people in a parental way by providing for their needs by not giving them rights.  
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What were some positive effects for colonialism?   Economic growth of railroads, dams, and telephone. Reduced local warfare.  
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What were some negative effects for colonialism?   People died of diseases such as smallpox. People lost control of their land and their independence.  
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What was the Crimean War?   The ottoman empire, with the aid of British and France, halted Russian expansion in the region of the Black Sea.  
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What was the Great Trek?   It was the migration into the south African interior of thousands of boers seeking to escape British control.  
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What was the Sepoy Mutiny?   It was a rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India.  
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What was direct control?   It was the where the foreign officials brought in to rule and no self rule. Their goal was assimilation.  
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What was the Suez Canal?   It was human made, a waterway, which was opened in 1869, which was connected to the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt.  
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What was Social Darwinism?   It was an application based on Charles Darwin's ideas.  
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What was assimilation?   It was a policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs.  
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Who was Menelik II?   An emperor of Ethiopia, who was very successful in keeping his country independent.  
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What were sepoys?   They were indian soldiers serving under British command.  
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Who were geopolitics?   They were an interest in or taking land for its strategic location or products.  
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