Unit 9 - Imperialism VOCAB Quiz

What is Imperialism?

• The policy or practice of acquiring control over another country

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• A conflict between Great Britain and China

• A joint stock company

What does Colonialism refer to?

• The survival of the fittest

• The hiring of Indian soldiers by the British East India Company

• The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, settling and exploiting it economically

• An uprising against foreign/Western influence in China

What does it mean to Annex territory?

• To incorporate territory into an existing political unit, such as a city or a country

• To govern a colony by removing local elites from power

• To allow local rulers to maintain their position of authority and status

• To grow incredibly powerful through trade

Who were the Sepoys?

• Indian soldiers hired by the British East India Company to protect the company's interest in the region

• Participants in the uprising against foreign/Western influence in China

• Officials brought from the mother country to govern a colony

• Proponents of the survival of the fittest

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful

• The survival of the fittest

• An uprising against foreign/Western influence in China that was crushed by Western military force

• A conflict over the British importing opium into China

What was the Opium Wars?

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful

• The survival of the fittest

• A conflict between Great Britain and China over the British importing opium into China and marketing it

• An uprising against foreign/Western influence in China

What is Direct Rule?

• Colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials from the mother country

• The policy of acquiring full or partial political control over another country

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• The survival of the fittest

What is Indirect Rule?

• Colonial government in which local elites are removed from power

• Colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their position of authority and status

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• The survival of the fittest

What was the East India Company?

• A conflict between Great Britain and China

• A policy of acquiring control over another country

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• An uprising against foreign/Western influence in China

What is Social Darwinism?

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• The idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful

• A conflict between Great Britain and China