Chapter 27 Vocabulary

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

• France and Britain agreed to combine African colonies
• less fighting between African leaders and European powers
• African leaders voiced their suggestions
• Europeans divided Africa into colonies 

The theory that it was natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker ones (Survival of the Fittest) is known as   

• Berlin Conference

• Social Darwinism

• Sphere of Influence

• Scramble for Africa

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

• industrialization
• miliatrism
• imperialism
• nationalism

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

• Raja

• Viceroy

• Sepoy

the belief that race is superior to other races

• racism

• exploit

• indigenous

• imperialism

European nations began to search for new overseas colonies after 1880 to

• find who would work in European factories for low wages

• promote a free exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western cultures

• bring the economic benefits of industrialization to underdeveloped nations

• obtain raw materials for their industries and open new markets for their products

Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called 

• Sphere of Influence
• Scramble for Africa
• White Man's Burden
• Imperialism

What connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Nile River

• The White Man's Burden

Conflict from 1899-1902 between the British and Boers over the gold and diamond mines in south Africa. First "Total War".

• Boer War

• Interdependence 

• Extraterritoriality 

• Imperialism 

Who did the Zulus fight against and their land became part of Britain?

• French 

• Belgian

• Italian 

• British