AP History Chapter 32

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Between 1800 in 1914 how many Europeans migrated overseas

50 million

Cecil Rhodes was

A leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa

The Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by

Belgium

The completion of the Suez Cana dramatically advanced

British control over India

The key figures behind the uprising of 1857 in India were

Disgruntled Sepoy troops

The Boers were

Dutch settlers in the South tip of Africa

The underlying principle of indirect rule was the desire to keep African population in check in permit European administrators to engage in a civilizing mission

False

Between 1859 in 1893 Vietnam Cambodia and Laos of fell under the control of

France

After the over flow of Queen Lili'ukalani in 1893 the United States took over

Hawaii

In the 19 century the majority of indentured laborers came from

India

In 1916 the Indian national Congress

Joined forces with the all Indian Muslim league

The Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over

Korea

The social Darwinist believed that

Powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies

Concessionary companies refers to a system of colonial rule that employed

Private companies granted territory of control over taxation in labor for mining construction or agricultural projects

In regard to imperialism the Japanese and Americans

Proved to be just as racist as European

Japan became a major imperial power after the victory in the

Russo-Japanese War

By 1900 the only part of south east Asia not under European imperial rule was

Siam

By 1770 Captain James Cook anchored his fleet in botany Bay near what modern city

Sydney

Rudyard Kipling's poem "the white man's burden" was actually meant to inspire the Americans to colonize

The Philippines

Do United States occupied Cuba Puerto Rico Guam in the Philippines after its victory in

The Spanish Cuban American war

Both the Suez canal in panama canal facilitated the building and maintenance of empires by enabling the weather supposed to travel rapidly between the worlds oceans

True

Do United States emerged as a major imperial and colonial power after the breif Spanish Cuban American war

True

During the second half of the 19th century many Europeans believe that imperial expansion in colonial domination were crucial for the survival of their states

True

The Monroe doctrine

Worked as a justification for US intervention in West Hemisphere affairs

The Berlin Conference

devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa.


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