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Chapter 15
Imperialism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| European imperialists redrew the map of Africa with little regard for ____________ | ethnic boundaries |
| The genocide of the Armenians in the 1890s took place during the rule of the ________ empire | Ottoman |
| Who established the "Three Principles of the People?" | Sun Yixian |
| During the Qing Dynasty, massive flooding, official corruption, and hardship led to | the Taiping Rebellion |
| What was the Russo-Japanese War? | conflict between Russia and Japan over control of Korea and Manchuria |
| Describe the East India Company in the 1800s | It worked to reduce banditry and preserve peace |
| Describe the Meiji Restoration | the Meiji Reformers adapted the German model of government |
| The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War gave the United States control of _______________ | the Philippines |
| What was the Boxer Uprising? | anti-foreign movement in China around 1899-1900 |
| What factors led to the Boer War? | diamonds and gold discovered in Africa |
| What was the Roosevelt Corollary? | allows U.S. interference, claimed international police power, U.S. will intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries |
| Describe European imperialism. What motivated them? | the Industrial Revolution was a driving force |
| How were efforts to Westernize problematic for the Ottoman Empire? | adoption of western styles of government led to resentment of foreign influence and increased tensions |
| Who is sometimes called the "father of modern Egypt." He introduced a number of political and economic reforms, including improving tax collection, reorganizing the landholding system, and backing large irrigation projects to increase farm output. | Muhammad Ali |
| Who was Sun Yixian and what did he do? | influential in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty (1911-1912), he served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China (1911-1912) and later as defacto ruler (1923-1925) |
| Define Social Darwinism | European races, they argued, were superior to all others, and imperial conquests of weaker races was simply nature’s way of improving the human species. |
| What caused the first Sino-Japanese War | competition between China and Japan to establish control over Korea resulted in the first Sino-Japanese War |
| A rebellion that took place in India in 1857. The Indian soldiers are most likely to be fighting people from what country? | British |
| What was the Monroe Doctrine? | 1823-the American continents are not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers, warned European powers to not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere |
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