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IMPERIALISM JEOPARDY UNIT 4 REVIEW. JEOPARDY India Middle East & South America China & Japan Africa Grab Bag! 100 200 300 400 500.

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1 IMPERIALISM JEOPARDY UNIT 4 REVIEW

2 JEOPARDY India Middle East & South America China & Japan Africa Grab Bag! 100 200 300 400 500

3 India-100 Why did Great Britain want colonies in India? Raw materials, new markets Back

4 India- 200 Back The British East India Company The name of the company that controlled India was:

5 India-300 Back Sepoy Army What was the name of the Hindu & Muslim army maintained by the British East India Company?

6 India-400 Back What were the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny? How did it end? Rumor spread that rifle cartridges had been greased with beef and pork fat- violated both Hindu & Muslim beliefs. Sepoys rebelled. Britain put the rebellion down by force DAILY DOUBLE

7 India-500 Back Describe the effects of British imperialism on India Loss of culture, no political/social autonomy, famine, deaths

8 Middle East/ South America-100 Back What resource motivated European interest in the Middle East? OIL

9 Middle East/ South America-200 Back For what purpose was the US interested in Panama? To build a canal to enable an all-water trade route from Atlantic to Pacific

10 Middle East/ South America-300 Back Name two territories the US acquired as part of its imperialistic maneuvers in the West Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba (functionally)

11 Middle East/ South America-400 Back For what purpose (and with whom) did Russia fight the Crimean War? The Ottomans—wanted access to a warm-water trade port

12 Middle East/ South America-500 Back Name the canal built by Egypt to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea AND explain why Egypt built it Suez Canal—built to force Europe to recognize Egypt as a vital trading partner because of its location (example of geopolitics)

13 China & Japan- 100 Back Between which 2 countries was the Treaty of Nanjing? What was its main consequence? China & Britain. Britain gained control of the port city of Hong Kong

14 China & Japan- 200 Back Which individual is credited with opening Japan up to Western trade? Commodore Matthew Perry

15 China & Japan- 300 Back Japan’s period of rapid industrialization in order to compete with the West is known as the: Meiji Restoration

16 China & Japan- 400 Back The region in Northern China that Japan tried repeatedly to colonize, eventually resulting in the Russo- Japanese War, is known as: Manchuria

17 China & Japan- 500 Back Describe the causes of the Opium War. Who fought it? Who won it? Caused by British imports of opium (potent drug) into China, against Emperor’s will. Britain won: superior military technology

18 Africa- 100 Back The actions of which nation set off the Scramble for Africa? Belgium: discovered rubber in the Congo and began to export it

19 Africa- 200 Back Causes: European nations feared a war if they did not divide Africa up amongst themselves. Everyone wanted new resources/markets due to industrialization Effects: major conflicts into 21 st century because local ethnic loyalties were ignored, no African rulers invited to conference Name 1 cause and 1 result of the Berlin Conference

20 Africa- 300 Back Between what 3 groups was the Boer War fought? Why? The British, the Dutch, and the Zulu (native South Africans), over land rights in South Africa DAILY DOUBLE

21 Africa- 400 Back What natural resources did Africa have that Europe wanted? Minerals: Tin, copper, gold, diamonds Rubber

22 Africa- 500 Back What was the “White Man’s Burden”? The belief that it was Europeans’ duty and responsibility to bring “civilization” to the “backwards” people of the regions they colonized

23 Grab bag- 100 Back Describe 2 technological innovations that aided the Europeans in taking control of Africa Quinine: anti-malaria drug Maxim gun: automatic machine gun

24 Grab bag- 200 Back Describe 2 social causes of imperialism “White Man’s Burden”—responsibility. Desire to spread Christianity Social Darwinism/racism: “If we CAN take control we SHOULD take control”

25 Grab bag- 300 Back In what way did Africa’s existing social & political structures allow imperialism to take root? Incredibly diverse—many languages, not unified by religion. Tribal loyalty rather than regional loyalty. Very easy to “divide & conquer”

26 Grab bag- 400 Back Explain mercantilism. Describe a colony- colonizer relationship that exemplifies mercantilism. The belief that the colony should exist only to economically benefit the mother country. Britain-India.

27 Grab bag- 500 Back Both were attempts to remove European influence from Asian countries (China, India). Both were squashed by the government. What do the Boxer Rebellion & the Sepoy Mutiny have in common?


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