Chapter 33: The Building of Global Empires

The term social Darwinism is associated with

Herbert Spencer

In regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americans

Proved to be just as racist as the Europeans

In the nineteenth century, the majority of indentured laborers came from

India

Under British control, Ceylon became a major producer of

Tea

Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau viewed Europeans as

Intelligent and morally superior to all other peoples in the world

The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in

The Spanish-Cuban-American War

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 Suez Canal was essential for

British control over India

Who said, "We are the finest race in the world and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race"?

Cecil Rhodes

The Berlin Conference

Devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa

The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were

Disgruntled sepoy troops

The Boers were

Dutch settlers in South Africa

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

France

After the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani in 1893, the United States took over

Hawai`i

The Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over

Korea

The social Darwinists 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 and control over taxation and labor for mining, construction, or agricultural projects

By 1900, the only part of Southeast Asia not under European imperial rule was

Siam

Rudyard Kipling's poem, The White Man's Burden, was actually meant to inspire the Americans to colonize

The Philippines

Emilio Aguinaldo led an uprising in

The Philippines against the United States

The "Roosevelt Corollary" strengthened U.S. military and economic claims in which area of the world?

Those territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the United States

Which matching of imperial power and colony is not correct?

United States and Fiji

Rom Mohan Roy

Was a prominent Bengali intellectual sometimes called the "father of modern India", was a member of the Indian elite and a newspaper publisher, was a Hindu reformer who tried to bring spirituality to bear on the problems of his time, and was a member of the Indian elite who worked with Christian social reformers.

The Monroe Doctrine

Worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs