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Buscho Topic 16 P1
Imperialism in Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Africa
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which region of Southeast Asia was colonized by the Dutch? | Indonesia |
| Which kingdom of Southeast Asia was able to remain independent, as a buffer state between British and French colonies? | Siam |
| Which British trading colony was established by Thomas Stamford Raffles - in part to avoid paying taxes to the Dutch? | Singapore |
| What part of Southeast Asia was colonized by the French - which they justified because of the mistreatment of French missionaries? | Vietnam |
| Sarawak was ruled by this British adventurer, after he helped the sultan of Brunei fight pirates. | James Brooke |
| Which part of Southeast Asia was conquered by the British after three ways - largely in order to protect their colony in India? | Burma |
| After the Spanish-American War, the United States took over what area from Spain? | Philippines |
| Who was the Filipino nationalist who led the resistance first against Spain, and then against the U.S.? | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Colonies in Malaysia (and Singapore) could control what valuable waterway, which served as the main sea route between China and India? | Strait of Malacca |
| How did Kings Mongkut and Chulalongkorn of Siam respond to the threat of European imperialism? | Modernized their economy and invited Christian missionaries as educators |
| How did King Norodom of Cambodia respond to the threat of European imperialism - and the threat posed by neighboring kingdoms? | Became a French protectorate |
| Which Pacific island did Spain take over - before losing it to the United States in the Spanish-American War? | Guam |
| Which British explorer is famous for exploring Australia and islands in the Pacific Ocean - ultimately being killed in a dispute with Hawaiians? | James Cook |
| What were some important natural resources provided by Pacific Islands? | Whale oil, guano, and tropical cash crops |
| Australia is best described as which type of colonialism? | Settler colonialism |
| Australia began as a British colony for… | Criminals |
| What advantage did British colonists have in the Australian Frontier Wars? | Colonists had modern repeating rifles and revolvers, while Aboriginal Australians had spears and clubs |
| What animals were raised by settlers in Australia, providing valuable exports? | Sheep and cattle |
| Which islands in the Pacific Ocean were taken over by the United States? | Hawaii and Guam |
| Indian soldiers hired by the British East India Company were known as: | Sepoys |
| How did British control of India change after the Great Rebellion? | British East India Company’s rule ended; British government took control |
| Who were the Indian officials who collected taxes for the British? | Zamindars |
| Which British policy led to serious famine in India? | Promoted the growing of cotton |
| What strategy did Mohandas Gandhi use against the British? | Passive Resistance |
| What was one reason Europeans largely avoided colonizing Africa until the 1800s? | Tropical diseases like malaria |
| Before the 1800s, what was the main export from Africa to European colonies? | Slaves |
| What valuable water passage was constructed in Egypt, making transportation between Europe and Asia much easier? | Suez Canal |
| Until the early 1800s, what was one major source of conflict between Europe and North Africa? | Corsairs used bases in North Africa to attack European ships and coastlines |
| The first settlers of Sierra Leone and Liberia were… | Freed slaves from Britain and the U.S. |
| What strategy did France use to convince West Africans to work for them? | Charged them taxes - so they had to work for the French to earn money to pay them |
| Samori Ture is best known for… | Fighting a long guerilla war against the French takeover of West Africa |
| What did David Livingstone believe was the key to ending the East African slave trade? | Spreading Christianity and using exploration to open Africa up to other forms of trade |
| What happened at the Berlin Conference? | European countries agreed on rules for colonizing Africa |
| What were some of the ways Africans were mistreated in the Congo Free State? | Congolese people forced to collect rubber, and mutilated or killed if they did not |
| Who ruled the Congo Free State? | Leopold II, king of Belgium |
| Which empire controlled much of the East African coast before the British established control? | Omani Empire |
| Which of the following was a major market in the East African slave trade? | Zanzibar |
| What happened at the Battle of Adwa? | Ethiopian forces, led by Menelik II, defeated an invading Italian army |
| Who were the Boers? | Descendants of European (especially Dutch) settlers in South Africa |
| Who was the founder of the Zulu Empire? | Shaka |
| What advantage did the British have in the Anglo-Zulu War? | Better weapons, including Gattling guns |
| What was Cecil Rhodes’s goal for the British Empire in Africa? | “Cape to Cairo” - Britain would rule a stretch of land from South Africa to Egypt |
| What happened in the two Boer Wars? | Britain conquered the Transvaal and the Orange Free State |
| Which of the following were German colonies in Africa? | Togo, Cameroon, and Tanzania |
| Which parts of Africa remained independent of European control? | Ethiopia and Liberia |
| The British combined the Boer Republics and Cape Colony to form the self-governing colony of… | The Union of South Africa |
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