• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/58

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

58 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
as late as 1880 Europeans controlled only
10 % of the continents land
the seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country
imperialism
introduction of this in early 1800s allowed europeans to conduct expetion into interior of Africa
steam powered river boats
how long were africans able to keep European out of africa
400 years
traveled with a group of africans deep into central africa to promote Christianity
David Livingston
hired to find Livingston
Henry Stanley
in 1871 after finding Livingston the famous greeting of
"dr Livingston, i presume?"
stanely set out to explore africa himself and trace the course of
congo river
king of Belgium
king leopold II
leopold claims primary motive of in establishing the colony was to
abolish the slave trade and promote chtistainty
leopold licensed companies that
brutally exploited africans by forcing them to collect sap from rubber plants
the belief that one race is superior to others
racism
idea about evolution and survival of the fittest to human societies particularly as justication for imperialist expansion
social Darwinism
the perfection of this medicine in 1829 protected europeans from becoming infected with malaria
quinnine
in 1884-85 14 European nations met at
Berlin conference
by 1914 the only places free of european control
Liberia and Ethiopia
major source of great wealth in Africa was
continent's rich mineral resources
he used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state.
shaka
zulu king
cetshwayo
zulus lost battle of
ulundi
dutch colonist in south africa
Boer
why did several thousand boers began to move north
escape the British
boer war was between
British and boers
the british imprisoned women and children in
disease ridden concentration camps
who won the boer war in 1910
Britain
to establish control of an area europeans used different techniques
colony,protectorate,sphere of influence, economic imperialism
relied on exsisting political rulers
indirect control
preferred indirect control
britain and united states
weilded on a more direct control
France and most other European nations
a policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights
paternalism
the adoption of a conqueror culture by a conquered people. a policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutes and customs
assimilation
resistance movement in west africa led by
samori toure
uprising where the belief arose that magic water sprinkled on their bodies would turn German bullets into water
maji maji rebellion
only African nation that successfully resisted europeans
ehtotpia
emperor of ethiopia
menelik II
david Livingston found on the
shores of Tanganyika
henry stanely signed treaties with local cheifs of the congo river valley that gave
king leopold II of Belgium control of lands
singapore,indochina, Philippines part of
Pacific rim
last monarch of hawaii
queen liliuokani
main reason for crimean war
russia wanted land on the black sea to gain access to the Mediterranean
why was India called the jewel in the crown
most valuable of all of Britain's colonies
how did Europeans use paternalism to govern people in colonies
they provided for colonial peoples needs but did not give them full rights
what happened as a result of the Berlin conference
European divided africa into colonies without consulting african leaders
why did some u.s. business leaders want the u.s. to annex hawaii
sugar could be sold for higher profits
what caused low food supplies in Africa durin European colonization
Europeans insisted on thr growth of cash crops
which leaders used modernization to keep their countries independent
muhammad Ali and king mongkut
what set the stage for Vietnamese resistance against the French
peasants had less rice to eat because the french exported most of it
goal of indirect control
development of future leaders
which country won thr Crimean war
England and France
by 1907 which two countries agreed to share spheres of influence in Persia
russia and Britain
idian soldiers
sepoys
sepoy mutiny caused by
insensitive by the British to Islam and hindu belief
father of modern India
ram mohun roy
where did maji maji rebellion take place
east Africa
chinese port British annexed
singapore
a foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic location or products of a land
geopolitics
distance between Britain and most distant colony
14,000 miles
distance between Britain and south american colony
4,600 miles