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AP history midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Empire building political economic and or military control of one country over another country | Imperialism |
| Rapid fire weapon that gave European armies a huge advantage in conquering African and Asian societies | Maxim machine gun |
| A medicine used to prevent malaria allowing Europeans to survive in tropical Africa | Quinine |
| The rapid takeover and division of Africa by European powers in the late 1800 | Scramble for Africa |
| A man made waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea speeding up travel between Europe and Asia | Seuz canal |
| British imperialist who pushed for expansion in Southern Africa and helped establish British control there | Cecil Rhodes |
| Territory in central Africa brutally controlled by Belgium for rubber and resources | Belgian Congo |
| Belgian king who personally ruled the Congo and was responsible for widespread atrocities | Long Leopoldo ii |
| An African uprising against German rule in east Africa ultimately crushed | Maji maji rebellion |
| A powerful Muslim empire that ruled much of India before declining in the 1700 | Mughal empire |
| A trading company the trained pilots control over large part of India | British east India company |