WH Age of Imperialism

The Crimean War was an example of a geopolitical conflict.

The United States exerted influence in Japan and forced her to open up to trade by

Control over peoples that featured some limited self-rule and used local leaders to help rule

The main reason for British colonization of Singapore was to obtain use of its

The Open Door Policy was set up to allow all European nations and the US to have open trade with Japan.

Social Darwinism

The Suez Canal was built through the combined efforts of the

Meeting in 1884 in which Europeans divided up Africa with NO African representatives present!

The European policy of paternalism reflected the belief that Africans should be

Direct colonial control is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

Social Darwinism encouraged people in industrialized nations to believe that

Europeans’ desire for building great national power

Why did Western nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim?

Which best describes the national boundaries that existed in Africa at end of 1800s?

The need for natural resources to fuel the Industrial Revolution

The main difference between European colonies and protectorates in Africa had to do with

What was the major source of wealth that Africa provided European nations?

This was the British ‘jewel in the crown’:

African tribes are split by non-traditional boundaries.

Direct controlled colonies practiced assimilation. Assimilation in this case means

The term for adopting the culture, ideas, and values of a controlling nation

What happened as a result of the Boer War?

This form of imperialism is where an outside nation forces exclusive trading and treaty rights with another nation.

This form of imperialism is where a nation and its peoples are controlled by foreign business