Question | Answer |
region of a country in which an imperialist power holds exclusive trading rights | sphere of influence |
Result: China was divided into spheres of influence and signed a series of unequal treaties (including Treaty of Nanking) with European powers | Opium Wars |
Idea that a nation's power is based on its wealth | mercantilism |
pride in one's nation/desire for independence | nationalism |
one nation's control over another | imperialism |
idea that it was the duty of Europeans to civilize those under their control | "White Man's Burden" |
Applied the idea of "survival of the fittest" to the Industrial Revolution and Age of Imperialism | Social Darwinism |
the result of this event was the rapid modernization/ industrialization/ westernization of Japan | Meiji Restoration |
leader of the Indian independence movement (and example of nationalism) known for his beliefs in pacifism and civil disobedience | Gandhi |
leader of many independence movements in Latin America. Nicknamed the "liberator of South America" An example of nationalism. | Simon Bolivar |
Revolt against foreigners and foreign ideas in China is an example of nationalism | Boxer Rebellion |
Revolt by Indian soldiers against their British commanders. Is an example of nationalism | Sepoy Mutiny/ Rebellion |
Land surrounded on three sides by water. India is an example | peninsula |
Chain of islands. Japan is an example | archipelago |
imperialist who wanted to establish an British empire from "Capetown to Cairo" and made great wealth in diamond mines in Africa | Cecil Rhodes |
Britain made sure to secure this strategic waterway which was their "lifeline to India" | Suez Canal |
This American arrived in Japan to demand trading rights. It indirectly led to the Meiji Restoration and the modernization of Japan. | Matthew Perry |
Meeting at which European nations met to divide up the "magnificent African cake" | Berlin Conference |
Resulted in Britain taking greater control of southern Africa and establishing the Union of South Africa | Boer War |
Resulted in Japan becoming an imperialist power | Russo-Japanese War |
Nationalist organization in India that was designed to promote independence for India | Indian National Congress |
Helped Haiti win their independence by leading a slave revolt. An example of nationalism. | Toussaint Louverture |