11. Which of the following was a factor in the drive of European states to acquire colonies in the late nineteenth century? A. nationalism B. humanitarianism C. quest for strategic sites D. all of the above
11. Which of the following was a factor in the drive of European states to acquire colonies in the late nineteenth century? A. nationalism B. humanitarianism C. quest for strategic sites D. all of the above
6. The economic impetus (reason) for the Boer War was: A. Britain's need for petroleum and coal B. the discovery of diamonds and gold in the Transvaal C. the refusal of Boers to sell their agricultural products to the British Cape Colony D. increasing German-Boer trade and British fear of German economic domination of all of southern Africa
26. The economic impetus (reason) for the Boer War was: A. Britain's need for petroleum and coal B. the discovery of diamonds and gold in the Transvaal C. the refusal of Boers to sell their agricultural products to the British Cape Colony D. increasing German-Boer trade and British fear of German economic domination of all of southern Africa
Before the Age of Imperialism
"No country is complete without overseas possessions."
The Berlin Conference of 1885 “the carving of Africa”
Sudan Battle of Omdurman Fashoda Incident
Boers from the Netherlands
Cecil Rhodes
The Great Trek Shaka Zulu
Kruger Telegram
Apartheid
Menelik II Battle of Adowa
Taiping (“The Great Peace”) Rebellion (1850-1864) Hong Xiuquan
Sino—Japanese War (1894)
The Boxer Rebellion A member of the Boxers
The Boxer Rebellion in China
KUOMINTANG SUN YAT-SEN
Puyi, the last emperor
British East India Company Robert Clive
British Control of India SEPOYS “…a delicate and dangerous machine, which a little mismanagement may easily turn against us.” –a governor of Bombay
-THE SEPOY MUTINY (or Rebellion) Real issue?
The Partition of India after WWII
samurai
U.S. COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY
MEIJI EMPEROR (1867-1912) Mutsuhito
Sino—Japanese War (1894)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
Treaty of Portsmouth
Opponents Karl Marx J.A. Hobson
Brown Man’s Burden by Henry Labouchere, MP Pile on the brown man's burden, And through the world proclaim That ye are Freedom's agent-- There's no more paying game! And, should your own past history Straight in your teeth be thrown, Retort that independence Is good for whites alone.