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S.S. Test Making
Making a test for my S.S. Class
Question | Answer |
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What is imperialism? | When one nation extends its control to another nation. |
What two forces fueled the rise of imperialism? | Nationalism and Industrialism |
Why did European nations begin searching for a new place to colonize? | They needed markets to sell all the goods of their factories and to trade with other nations to obtain goods aswell cashcrops. |
What were the ways Imperial nations ruled foreign people? | Direct Rule and Indirect Rule. |
Why were Europeans interested in taking over lands in the Asian mainland? | They wanted to grow cash crops and they wanted raw materials. |
What European nation led the way into southeast Asia? | Great Britan led the way into southeast Asia. |
What did Thomas Stamford Raffles do? | He founded Singapore and the colony on the south tip of the Malay Peninsula. |
What areas of southeast Asia did Great Britain control? | Great Britain controlled Singapore and the Burma Malay Peninsula. |
What nation did France declare as a protectorate? | Their protectorate was Vietnam. |
What is the East India Company? | A British owned trading company that came to India in the 1600’s. |
What did Captain James Cook do? | He claimed the continent of Australia for Great Britain. |
What was the continent of Australia first used for? | It was a British prison. |
What was the Scramble for Africa? | European nations decided to divide the continent of Africa and take control of all its natural resources. |
What was the Berlin Conference? | A conference held in Berlin to discuss how to divide Africa up between the European nations. |
What did Ferdinand de Lesseps accomplish? | He signed a contract with Egypt to build a canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. |
What nations were involved of the building and control of the canal from 1856 – 1911? | Ottoman Empire, Egypt, France, Great Britain. |
What were the two African nations that was free of European control? | Liberia and Ethiopia. |