Historical Events and Terms

The event of the invasion, occupation, division, and colonization of most of Africa by European powers.

A meeting of major European powers where they decided who was going to take over certain parts of Africa.

Two wars waged between the Qing dynasty and Western powers in the mid-19th century over the controversial sale of specific narcotics.

Disputes between Germany and France in the northern parts of Africa.

The defining type of warfare in WW1.

Germany had to use this type of warfare because the British Navy was too powerful to face head-first.

Fighters in WW1 consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

Fighters in WW1 consisted of Russia, France, Great Britain.

A period of colonial and imperial expansion by European powers during the late 1850s and early 1900s, where Europe took over Africa, India, and parts of China.