AP World History Unit 6

methods of imperialism

direct,indirect,protectorate and sphere of influence

what did europenas and nations such as the United States believe in

ethnocentricism and racial superiority which contributed to imperialism

what was one factor that fueled the industrial revolution

imperialism

what was the indian nationalist group's name

Indian National Congress

example of indirect rule

belgian king leopold 2 in congo

how was the conditions in which the indians had to face in the british empire

harsh conditions to produce raw materials

with loss from the opium war what did the chinese think about the qing dynasty

it lost its mandate from heaven

what is sphere of influence

allowed european powers to control the colony through trade

what are cultural things that were brought because of british expansion in india

mandatory learning of english language and culture. western style schools and hospitals were built

Which raw material saw an increase in demand as industrialized cities in North America and Europe needed to keep their factories running smoothly?

palm oil

what did "The White Man's Burdent talk about"

american iperialism in phillippines and european imperialism

who was rudyard kipling

a british born in india who wrote the jungle book and wrote a poem above imperialism titled" the white man's burden"

what happened when gold and diamond was found in cape of good hope

3 year war between britian and boers and britain eventually won

what was the relationship between britain and egypt

egypt started producing most of the crop ever since the american civil war which led to briths investments in infrasturucture in egypt support the growth of cotton

how did railroads help with imperialism

ship goods and raw materials that would have otherwise expired to and from their colony

what did the berlin conference accomplish

helped european nations divide africa

who was cecil rodhes

an englishman established DeBeers consolidadates mines after 22 years after diamonds were found and controlled 90 percent of the world's production of diamonds

what is protectorate

european coutnry left the local ruler of the colony to govern with the exception of the ruler had to listen to an advisor form the mother country as long as they head the advisor no military forces were to be unleased

what did the sioux tribe do

wore ghost shirts and believed the bullets could not go through them

what did britain do in argentina

invested large amouts of meny in port in buenos aires called puerto madera which would help with british large traiding amounts

what is ethnocentrims

your culture is supreior to others

Which technology made the delivery of foods, like beef from Argentina and Uruguay, possibly across large distances?

Refrigerated shipping compartments

what was the boxer protocol

a treaty signed by china to pay no more than 330 million dollars in reparations to the imperialist naitons involved

who was louis pasteur

discovered vaccines and helped develop vaccines for smallpox,cholera,rabies,anthrax and tuberculosis and created process of pasteurization which minimized pathogens in some foods sucha s milk

what did tupac amaru the second do

descendent of last inca ruler inspired a revolution across peru and rejected colonized education but was crushed by spanish forces

who were newly established european countries who wanted to follow in the path of france and britian

germany and belgium

what led to expansion of migraiton

expansion of transoceaniic kingdoms and worldwide capitlast economy

who are indian soldiers trained by british called

sepoy

what was the goal of King Leopold the second of belgium in africa

colonizing the region of central africa which is now congo

how was the boxer rebellion stopped

soldiers from japan,austria-hungary,russia,germany,france,italy and britain invaded the city and put down the rebellion recuing the foreigners and chinese christians

what did the cherokee do in response to the growing imperialism

made own consituition inspired by the US and adopted many of colonizer way but the us congress passed the indian removal act of 1830 removing them from their land

how did Livingstone help africa

an explorer and missionary who travelled africa for over 30 years gathred information about its interior and people and was against slave trade

what did west africa do to get more money becasue their source of profit was decreasing because of the decline of the slave trade

started exporting palm oil

how did the increase in agricultural production helped increase population

nutritious foods such as potato helped people live longer

what is guano

sea bird feces was mined for fertilizer in latin america countires like peru and other several other pacific islands

who provided large labor force for the factory revolution during the industrial revolution

west,china and japan

who are boers

dutch farmers in cape of good hope took land from africa that belonged to the zulus

what happened to africa because of british influnce

laid foundatoi for apartheid

what was the boxer rebellion

a discontenment in chinese in the north over foreign powers having control in china which led to killings of christian chinese and even the empress dowager supported them and did not send reinforcements

how did social darwinism help wersterners justify their racist beliefs

helped people who had more wealth and power were biologically superior

what was the ghost dance by the paiute indians

a dance where the dead would return form the afterlife and help surviving natives push white coloniers off their land and this dance would spread to other tribes including the sioux

what was the heavenly kingdom

a place free from european influence and china's wealth would belong to the chinese

what were the disadvantages of a country soley relying on cash crop to support an entire coutnry

if the crop failed the mother nations would turn to other parts of the world and can also lead to famine

what did the british do as they saw the mughal dynasty began to crumble

began consolidating power over more indian territory

all of the technological inventions that helped with imperialism

steamboat,telegram,railroads and rifles

many of the jewish immigrants were refugees from

pogroms or mass persecutions form jews in russia

what was the open door policy

us came with a proposal for all naitons to have equal trading rights with china

how was the british empire able to conquer india so easily

because india was divided among themselves

what was the chinese exclusion act

in response to thousands of chinese migrants moving to the US many chinse left after the failed taiping rebellion and were hired to work on transcontinental railroads. causing the us congress to ban chinese migraiton.

how did telegram help with imperialism

faster communication between new settlements

who was chinese empress dowager

empress dressed with luxurious silk which made the western nations desire luxury goods from china

what was the scramble for africa

europeans were motivated economically to colonize africa and were driven by a sense of nationalism as more land to their empire was a sense of pride

how did new imperialism impact nations in europe

created feeling of nationalism to create colonies to show off their power and by establishing a huge global empire was considered to be a source of national prestige

what did indians typically work as

indentured servitude often working on sugar,tea or rubber plantations across the globe

what did the british and japanese do with the chinese

forced them to sign unequal treaties after opium wars and sino-japanese wars

what was indirect rule

allowed the local rulers to govern the colony as long as they acted in the interest of the European imperial country or mother country

how did britian get in control of china

by using opium which was an addictive drug to get more money thus disrupting the ecnomic system in china

who were zulus

large kingdom in africa

what were the motives of newly established european countries

wanted their own colonial empires to establish and legitimize their power

What is imperialism

takeover of one country by another country socially,politically and economically

what did the japanese and hawaiian government do

reached an agreement that would allow japanese workers to work on sugar plantations

who was sent by King Leopold to explore and establish settlements in africa

Henry Stanley

how did rifles help with imperialism

ensured local people did not revolt

what happened to slave trade during this period

gradually decreaing

How did Rome and Persia built great empires during ancient times

through the use of imperialism to take over neighbouring countries through military campaigns

what was the shocking act of resistence and rebellion in Africa

Xhosa cattle-lilling movement they killed all cattle and crops of british beleiving the african spirt would remove the colonizers and they cause famine and british still stood

what was the treaty of nanjing

with the britissh's suprior technology they were able to burn down chinese costal systems and forced chinese to sign the treaty of nanjing which gave british hong kong

why was new imperialism created

manufactures needed natural resources and raw materials such as rubber,petroleum,steel and palm oli to create goods maintian their industires which was available in some foreign nations

what was direct rule

rules were sent over to govern in the new colony rather than supervision in indirect rule

what did half of the irish do

fled to america due to the great potato famine

example of indirect rule

british rule in the american colonies

what else helped people live longer

medicines and vaccines

what happened because of open door policy

the taiping and boxer rebellion

reasons for decline of impeiralism

internal reforms because of enlightment ideals and revolutions occuring all around the world

what did charles goodyear do

discovered vulcanization which allowed rubber to be used in ways it had never been used for

What were reasons for european expansion

economic incentives and power,spread of faith and gain glory

what government was established by the british in india

they set up the raj and sent viceroys to rule directly in india on behalf of the queen

what did china do to stop the trade of opium to china

they asked queen victoria to stop trading opium to china which led to retaliation from china to block british ships which led to british retaliation thus leading to opium wars

In which regions did the Dutch East India Trading company trade in

In regions such as the Americas annd Africa

how did steamboat help with imperialism

its ability to travel upstream helped reached parts of africa and other places which were previously difficult to navigate to

Which countries did the Dutch East India company control

Indonesia

what are ethnic enclaves

areas in communities and neighbourhoods where they all lived together where migrants were able to speak their native language,find similar food and be around supportive people going through similar experience

who increased cotton production as soon as america stopped exporting cotton because of civil war

austrlia

What did the English East India trading company first trade with,then after and finally

in the beginning they traded spices and cotton then slave trade and then finally switched to the trading of opium

what caused the british to take direct contorl of india

the failed attempt of spoy which caused the british governmetn to take direct control

what was the taiping rebellion

rebellion between taiping and qing forces but qing dynasty won in the end because of infighting form taiping government and support from british and france

what was the white autralia policy

preserve a white australia by limitating non british migration and getting rid of chinese migration

benefits of indirect rule

save money and benefit economically

what happened to native hawaiian population

as a result of european diseases most of the population was decimated

what happened to zulus

became in control of the british

what did the british do as they saw the mughal dynasty began to crumble

began consolidating power over more indian territory

what was the shocking act of resistence and rebellion in Africa

Xhosa cattle-lilling movement they killed all cattle and crops of british beleiving the african spirt would remove the colonizers and they cause famine and british still stood

who was rudyard kipling

a british born in india who wrote the jungle book and wrote a poem above imperialism titled" the white man's burden"

what are cultural things that were brought because of british expansion in india

mandatory learning of english language and culture. western style schools and hospitals were built

what caused the british to take direct contorl of india

the failed attempt of spoy which caused the british governmetn to take direct control

who are indian soldiers trained by british called

sepoy

how was the british empire able to conquer india so easily

because india was divided among themselves

what government was established by the british in india

they set up the raj and sent viceroys to rule directly in india on behalf of the queen

who was sent by King Leopold to explore and establish settlements in africa

Henry Stanley

how was the conditions in which the indians had to face in the british empire

harsh conditions to produce raw materials