World History: Imperialism 21-22

What is the name of the reform in education, military, and industrial changes made after Japanese studied western nations

• Sushi

• Tokyo

• Western

• Meiji

Britain took over Egypt to ensure access to this canal

• Suez

• Panama

• Philipine

• Spanish

What is a territory settled and ruled by people from another land

• colony

• territory

• spoils

• Island

What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885? 

• France and Britain agreed to govern their African colonies jointly. 
• There was less fighting between African leaders and European powers. 
• African leaders voiced their suggestions for better relations with European powers. 
• Europeans divided Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders. 

The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.

• superior to other cultures
• misunderstood by Americans
• the oldest culture in the world
• a replica of Ancient Greek culture

 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 

• Democratic Revolutions 
• World War I 
• Industrialization 
• The Renaissance 

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

• industrialization
• miliatrism
• imperialism
• nationalism

The Meiji Restoration included all of the following EXCEPT:

• ending feudalism

• modernization of the military

• absolute rule

• the military defeat of the USA

China and Britain fought a war over:

• the Korean peninsula

• conquests along the Nile River

• opium production and distribution

• the elimination of the samurai

One of the most important motives for the European imperialism in Africa in the late 1800s was that   Africa provided a source of

• religious conversion of Africans
• slaves for the American colonies
• raw materials used in industry
• new technology to gain from Africans