Reading...
Play button
Play button
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;
24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
He is credited with Great Britain's gain of
imperialist control of Africa from Egypt to South Africa / "from Cape to Cairo" |
Cecil Rhodes
|
prestigious international scholarship
is named after him |
|
|
what many Europeans called Africa
because it was mysterious and unexplored / also because the people were non-white |
the "Dark Continent"
|
could be considered a racist name
|
|
|
famous statement of Henry Stanley upon
completing his mission in Africa |
"Dr Livingston I Presume"
|
obvious but historic
|
|
|
name of the treaty ending the opium war
and giving Hong Kong to Great Britain / it developed into a wealthy westernized city over time |
1841 - Treaty of Nanjing
|
located near Canton and Macao
|
|
|
the Asian archipelago which became part
of an empire controlled by the United States following the Spanish-American War |
the Philippines
|
large island group off the coast
of southeast Asia |
|
|
fight between a European power and
newly developed non-European power over control of a peninsula on the eastern coast of Asia |
1904 - Russo-Japanese War
|
the new power sent the Baltic fleet
to the bottom of the sea |
|
|
descendants of Dutch settlers who were
not happy when Great Britain came into southern Africa - the British imposed their will which included an end to slavery |
Boers
|
also called Afrikaners
|
|
|
type of imperialism where the imperial power
controls the colony by controlling native leaders rather than replacing them - often used by GB |
indirect colonial rule
|
|
|
|
central African state which became a colony
under the control of Belgium following the Berlin Conference |
Congo
|
was first claimed by King Leopold
|
|
|
the American journalist who was sent to
find Livingston and ended up playing a key role in the exploitation of Africa was ___. |
Henry Stanley
|
|
|
|
the major causes of the "new imperialism"
of the 19th C. were nationalism and the ___. (created greater "demand") |
Industrial Revolution
|
|
|
|
king of Belgium who invests his own money
and claims the Congo as his own personal colony. He exploits people and trees in horrible fashion to make a fortune in the rubber industry. |
Leopold II
|
|
|
|
medical missionary and doctor who went to
Africa to improve the lives of Africans. His written accounts of Africa sparked great interest in back in Europe. |
David Livingstone
|
|
|
|
This African nation remained independent
because the US had created it for freed slaves. |
Liberia
|
|
|
|
he modernized Egyptian army and created public
schools, industries and expanded into Sudan he contracted with the French to dig the Suez canal. |
Muhammed Ali
|
|
|
|
dynasty made up of northern Manchurians
who ruled during the 19th C they imposed new traditions / many did not consider them to be Chinese and resented their rule |
Qing / Manchu Dynasty
|
|
|
|
Chinese city which was once the only place
foreigners were allowed into to trade |
Canton
|
|
|
|
privileged warrior class of Japanese society
during their feudal period |
Samurai
|
ended with Meiji Restoration
|
|
|
Indians who were employed as soldiers by
the East India Company, then by the British |
Sepoys
|
|
|
|
Indian tradition of the widow throwing herself
on the fuenral pyre of her dead husband. This was stopped by the British. |
Suttee
|
|
|
|
name of the civil war, led by southern Chinese,
where the people were against their Manchurian rulers because they had allowed foreigners into China after the 1st Opium War. |
Taiping Rebellion - 1850-64
|
rebels cut off their pig tails in protest
|
|
|
dynasty in power in Japan prior to Meiji Era
|
Tokugawa
|
shogunate
|
|
|
state created with both British and
Afrikaner (Dutch Boer) influences - it had white minority rule |
Union of South Africa
|
strict apartheid laws
|
|
|
She started the nursing profession when she and a group of dedication British women volunteered to care for wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.
|
Florence Nightingale
|
|
