Question | Answer |
What products did the Chinese buy from the British? | Silver and opium |
Why was extraterritoriality specifically an advantage for the British? | They didn't get in trouble for opium smuggling |
Why did the people of China feel their Qing rulers had lost their power? | Could not resist foreign powers |
Why would the French and British help the Chinese in the Taiping Rebelloin? | To over their government and their foreign powers could take over |
What was the Open Door Policy? | Free trade with China and the U.S. |
How did the U.S. get the Japanese to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa? | Intimidation of warships |
What did the Meiji Emperor do for Japan? | Advanced education, military and economy |
What did Napoleon III do when the Vietnamese tried to expel the French missionaries? | Sent a fleet of men |
What were the cultural attitudes of Europeans toward Africans? | They were superior |
What was the importance of the Suez Canal? | Access to India through the Mediterranean and the Red seas |
What was overlooked at the Berlin Conference and why? | They didn't have real government according to Europeans |
Who were the four groups that resisted European imperialism? | Zulu people, Ethiopians, French West Africans and German East Africans |
What was Porfirio Diaz known for? | Law and order in Mexico |
What was the result of the Spanish-American War? | U.S. made the Philippines an American colony |
Why did Emilio Aquinaldo feel betrayed? | Helped U.S. defeat spanish then U.S. took over |
Why would the U.S. want to control over the Panama Canal? | To gain control over more territory |