Imperialism History Q3 study guide

Motive for Economic

making money, expand trade,new markets,raw material,cheap labor

Motive for Religious

Spread christianity, values and moral beliefs,end africa slave trade

motive for political

gain power,expand territory,military force,security

motive for exploratory

medical searches, adventure/find unfound land

motive for ideological

cultural values, white race superior,strongest nation will survive

Form(colony)

A country or territory governed internally by a foreign power.

Form(Protectorate)

country that had a government but was under country over another colony

Form(Economic Imperialism)

Independant less developed country that doesn’t have a government but is controlled by a company(business)

Form(Sphere of Influence)

a region within one country over which another country claims certain exclusive rights

direct imperialism

conquering then directly ruling an area

indirect imperialism

ruling through cooperative native ruler or ruler who benefit from relationship

berlin conference (Africa)

a bunch of different countries met up and talked about the dividing of africa

scramble for africa

the invasion of africa by european countries

King Leopold II(africa)

king of belgians and led the first European efforts to develop the Congo River

Opium war(china)

result of china trying to produce and trade the illegal drug opium

Boxer rebellion (china)

When the boxers blamed all of china’s problems on the foreigners

Balance v unbalanced trade (china)

used silver to pay for expanded good in china and had to balance it out by replacing cotton and opium

Treaty of Nanking (china)

treaty that ended the first opium war

Sepoy rebellion (india)

rumor that the sepoy soldiers guns were greased with pork and beef which was against sepoy religion so they revolted against britain

British east india company (india)

took over India in late 1800’s and hired indian soldier to protect trading centers

British raj (india)

when british had direct control over india in the indian subcontinent and southeast asia (also called direct and crown rule)

Meiji Restoration (japan)

the violent overthrow of the japan government resulting in a end of japans feudal system government

Sino-Japanese War

a conflict between japan and china about influence of korea which lead to emergence of japan power and weakening of chinese power

Russo-Japanese War

when japan won a victory over russia becoming the first ever asian power to defeat european power

Modernizing

the process of updating something or making it work in a contemporary setting.

imperialism

aking control over the weaker nation by a stronger nation.

westernization

the adoption of the practices and culture of western Europe by societies and countries in other parts of the world