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When did imperialism start and end?
1870 -1914
Who said "You cannot have omelettes without breaking eggs"?
Joseph Chamberlain
One country dominates the political, economic, and social life of another country
Imperialism
Direct military intervention total control of the country, protectorate,sphere of influence are forms of what?
Imperialism
Imperialist hold exclusive economic interests describes what form of imperialism?
Sphere of influence
Own govt. but “guided” by mother country describes what form of imperialism?
Protectorate
What is the main reason for imperialism?
Britain was losing its economic lead
Propagandists claimed colonies and did what?
provided jobs
created markets
provided raw materials
raised the standard of living for all
Who was most influential writer of the 1890s wrote “White man’s Burden”?
Rudyard Kipling
Who wrote Heart of Darkness which criticized the selfish European for trying to civilize the native.
Joseph Conrad
By 1880 European nations only controlled what percent of Africa?
10%
When was the Boer war?
1899-1902
What country was gained from the French after French and Indian War
British East India Company?
India
Italy failed to acquire what country during the Lost battle of Adowa?
Ethiopia
Sino-Japanese War (1894-5) led to imperialism in what country?
China
The Opium War won by what country?
Great Britain
What country invaded China to divert attention away from internal problems?
Russia
Battle of Mukden - 624,000 men in battle - won by who?
Japan
After 1858 (The Great Rebellion) India was ruled by the what in London and supervised by a small group of white colonial officials?
British Parliament
The British created a unified state and placed which ethnic groups under the same law
Hindus and Muslims
1885 what demanded the same rights as Canada and Australia?
Hindu Indian National Congress
Area exploited by King Leopold II
Belgian Congo
British statesman who dreamed of "Cape to Cairo"
Cecil Rhodes
Fight between the English and the Dutch settlers in South Africa
Boer War
Provoked by Germany over the issue of Morocco
Algeciras Conference
Conflict in Africa between Britain and France
Fashoda Crisis
Who ruled Egypt before the British and the French?
Ottoman Empire
Waterway cuts through Egypt
Suez Canal
Site of British massacre
Khartoum
British leader at the Battle of Omdurman
Kichener
Racial doctrine that fostered the belief of Imperialism
Social Darwinism
Crown jewel of the British Empire
India
Main reason for imperialism
Economics