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What was the result of the Berlin Conference (1884-85)?

It set up the terms for the division of most of Africa among European colonial powers

What belief drove native people to oppose European colonial rule?

Native people that were traditionalist and valued their own culture above modernization opposed European colonial rule

By 1860, why did foreign aggression diminish in China until near the end of the century?

The Europeans already had access to trade in China

What was Vladimir Lenin's position on imperialism?

Anti imperialist, beliebend that it was the highest stage of advanced monopoly capitalism

What was the principle by which European powers established their claim to an African territory?

Effective occupation

Why did Great Britain choose to seize land in Africa and Asia?

Great Britain was scared that countries would enact protective tariffs, seizing land would give them new markets

What was the goal of the new imperialism?

Have majority of wealth going into western propertied classes

By 1890, how had Japan met the challenge of Western expansion?

Japan selectively adopted those elements of Western society that were in keeping with Japanese tradition

To what extent did the new imperialism result in economic gains and why?

Largely promoted gains in Europe, exploiting developing countries

How were governments able to use empires to ease social tensions and domestic political conflicts in the 19th century?

Ppl got swept into nationalism and felt imperialism was best for everyone, felt like they were civilizinh

Who was Heinrich von Treitschke and what is his contribution to this history?

Pro Imperialist, Social darwinist, German

What was the all-important goal of the architects of the Meiji Restoration?

To modernize and use the Western model in response to outside threats

Between 1851 and 1960, what country absorbed the largest number of European emigrants?

United States

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

the failed attempt by people of China to resist foreign interference