Review-Imperialism

Social Darwinism and the ideas expressed in the "White Man's Burden" were used by Europeans to justify their policies of

• pacifism

• communism

• isolationism

• imperialism

After 1880 European colonization was motivated by the

• urge to acquire African technology

• need for an increase in the production of sugar

• desire for new markets

• demand for labor in the Americas

What was a major reason European nations competed for control of Africa during the second half of the 1800s?

• Africa had a wealth of natural resources.

• Slave labor was needed in the Americas

• African nations offered religious and political freedom.

• Europeans needed land for their excess population.

Why did the Sepoy Army revolt against the British?

• The British Army forced the Sepoys to work in the factories.

• The Sepoys were poorly paid by the British.

• The Sepoys did not feel the British respected their religious beliefs

• The British forced the Sepoys to fight against the Americans

Who was involved in the Opium Wars?

• Britain and China

• Britain and Japan

• Japan and China

• France and China

What was the name of the treaty that ended the First Opium War?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Nanking

• Treaty of Shanghai

Matthew Perry arrived with a fleet of American ships to open up the ports of this country, which was isolated

• Japan

• China

• Korea

• India

Native Indians who served in the British East India Co. army

• Raja
• Viceroy
• Sepoy

A mutiny fought by Indian soldiers against British rule in India in the mid 1800ś. 

• Sepoy Rebellion

• Boer War

• Unequal Treaty

• Opium War

White colonizers belief they had to impose their civilization on inhabitants of colonies

• “White Man’s Burden”
• “White Man’s Disappointment”
• “White Man’s Grief”
• “White Man’s Hostility”