AP World Unit 6: Imperialism

Europeans also spread...

Disease and undermined native customs and traditions.

From 1884-1885 Europeans met for the Berlin conference to discuss...

Economic and political concerns about Africa.

From 600-1450, Arab empires controlled the Indian Ocean Trade, but by 1750...

Europeans became the dominant force. This was caused by a decrease of Ottoman power, and an increase in European Imperialism.

The Japanese became equal militarily with...

Europeans.

In both Africa and Asia, the demand for cash crops led to...

Famine among the native peoples.

Imperialist Nations

Industrialized, Economically and Politically stable, Militarized, and in most cases Christian.

Europeans will build...

Infrastructure, schools, and hospitals.

How long did it take for Japan to industrialized?

It took them about a decade to do what Europeans did in more than a century.

Europeans began to invest in...

Strategic infrastructure in order to protect their regional territories.

During this time the French constructed the...

Suez Canal (by Egypt) and it became a strategic outpost for connected Europe and it's colonies.

The British will take over the canal and call it...

The "lifeline of the empire".

New inventions allowed empires to grow in size because...

The ability to communicate more easily over a wider area (such as the telegraph).

Imperialism

The building of an empire by acquiring colonies overseas.

Europeans, with no African input, divided up the...

The continent of Africa, and decided Africa would benefit from European cultural influences.

The demand for cash crops in Africa and Asia led to...

The decline of small scale farming production centers, and the rise of single crop agriculture.

Both Europeans and the Japanese expanded due to...

The need of materials to keep up with their industrialization.

European Trading Companies

Were active in created trading posts in Australia and Pacific Islands.

Whereas we, the undersigned kings and chiefs of Fanti, have unanimously resolved and agreed upon the articles hereinafter named. "Article 1—That we form ourselves into a Committee with the view of effecting unity of purpose and of action between the kings and chiefs of the Fanti territory. "Article 12—That the Representative Assembly of the Fanti Confederation shall have the power of preparing laws, ordinances, bills, etc." --Excerpt, Constitution of the Fanti Confederation, West Africa, 1871 Which of the following best describes the excerpt above?

A liberal nationalist response to colonialism

"It is not too much to hope that, with the building of a branch railway to this region, European piece goods might be imported so as to undersell the native cloth. And the effect would be that not only would a larger supply of the raw material be obtained—for the cotton that is now spun into yarn in Berar would be exported—but also the large local population now employed in spinning and weaving would be made available for agricultural labor, and thus the jungle land might be broken up and the cultivation extended." --Harry Rivett-Carnac, British cotton commissioner for Berar province, India, annual report, 1869 The technologies and economic policies described in the passage contributed most significantly to which of the following demographic developments in the nineteenth century?

An increase in urbanization as displaced rural workers sought opportunities in cities

"The Australian nation is another case of a great civilization supplanting a lower race unable to make full use of the land and its resources. The struggle means suffering, intense suffering, while it is in progress; but that struggle and that suffering have been the stages by which the White man has reached his present stage of development, and they account for the fact that he no longer lives in caves and feeds on roots and nuts. This dependence of progress on the survival of the fitter race, terribly harsh as it may seem to some of you, gives the struggle for existence its redeeming features; it is the fiery crucible out of which comes the finer metal." --Karl Pearson, British mathematics professor, National Life from the Standpoint of Science, 1900 Based on the passage, the author would most likely have agreed with which of the following statements?

Britain had contributed to human progress by taking over new colonies in Africa.

"The Australian nation is another case of a great civilization supplanting a lower race unable to make full use of the land and its resources. The struggle means suffering, intense suffering, while it is in progress; but that struggle and that suffering have been the stages by which the White man has reached his present stage of development, and they account for the fact that he no longer lives in caves and feeds on roots and nuts. This dependence of progress on the survival of the fitter race, terribly harsh as it may seem to some of you, gives the struggle for existence its redeeming features; it is the fiery crucible out of which comes the finer metal." --Karl Pearson, British mathematics professor, National Life from the Standpoint of Science, 1900 The founding of "the Australian nation," as alluded to in the passage, was part of which of the following processes?

European companies' establishment of overseas trading posts

During Japan's imperialization, they faced a...

Huge increase with industry.

Urban centers grew as...

Immigrants and people from rural areas migrated.

"Again, another marked characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon is what may be called an instinct or genius for colonizing. His unequaled energy, his indomitable perseverance, and his personal independence, made him a pioneer. He excels all others in pushing his way into new countries." --Josiah Strong, American Protestant clergyman, essay on Anglo-Saxons, 1891 The sentiments expressed in the quotation above are most supportive of which of the following concepts?

Imperialism

The Ottoman's were declining because of...

Lost control of Indian Ocean Trade because of European Imperialism, and an increase of nationalism within their empire.

In the Congo, the natives will be tortured to...

Meet rubber quotes set by Leopoldo II.

Japan Imperialized with a focus on Asia with the...

Meiji Restoration.

The reaction of native peoples varied from...

Outright resistance from being willing to work with colonial governments.

"The Australian nation is another case of a great civilization supplanting a lower race unable to make full use of the land and its resources. The struggle means suffering, intense suffering, while it is in progress; but that struggle and that suffering have been the stages by which the White man has reached his present stage of development, and they account for the fact that he no longer lives in caves and feeds on roots and nuts. This dependence of progress on the survival of the fitter race, terribly harsh as it may seem to some of you, gives the struggle for existence its redeeming features; it is the fiery crucible out of which comes the finer metal." --Karl Pearson, British mathematics professor, National Life from the Standpoint of Science, 1900 Pearson's argument in the passage is most clearly representative of which of the following ideologies?

Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism

The belief that one race could be superior to another. This idea will dominate the time frame and be used to justify European Imperialism.

The expansion of nineteenth-century European empires into Africa and Asia was most likely the result of which of these historical processes?

The spread of industrialization

The Ottoman attempted government reforms to...

prop up their shaken empire, but the Tanzimat Reforms were moderately successful.

As new methods of transportation became more available, people migrated in...

search of opportunities.

During this era (Imperialism)...

the abolition of the slave trade occurred led by England and the United States.