Imperialism / Territories / Roosevelt

China and Britain fought a war over:

• the Korean peninsula

• conquests along the Nile River

• opium production and distribution

• the elimination of the samurai

When a strong country takes over a weaker country for economic, social or political reasons it is called

• industrialization

• miliatrism

• imperialism

• nationalism

 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 

• Democratic Revolutions 

• World War I 

• Industrialization 

• The Renaissance 

How does the Boxer Rebellion increase support for the Open Door Policy?

• Japan realizes it is needed in the United States

• Westerners realize they could more easily exploit China if they stuck together

• China realized Western trade was necessary for its survival

• China and Western nations worked out a series of policies to enable trade through third parties

Why is the Platt Amendment so significant?

• it leads to the establishment of the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay

• It declares annexation of Cuba

• It revokes the rights of the US to intervene in Cuban affairs

• It gave the US authority to drain standing water, leading to eradication of yellow fever in Havana

The event which triggered a US declaration of war against Spain in 1898

• the death of Jose Marti

• the explosion of the USS Maine

• Commodore Dewey's attack on the Philippines

• the de Lome letter

imperialism

• building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations

• took control of

• situation where neither side can win a decisive victory

• tax on things from another country

colonies

• building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations

• something made in one country and sold in another country

• situation where neither side can win a decisive victory

• lands that are controlled by another nation

annexed

• someone who fights against an existing government

• something made in one country and sold in another country

• took control of

• lands that are controlled by another nation

export

• someone who fights against an existing government

• something made in one country and sold in another country

• took control of

• payment for damages after a war