Hist ch9-24

The United States between 1815 and 1932?

absorbed the largest overall number of European emigrants

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

Europeans had obtained their primary goal of commercial and diplomatic relations

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

a rebellion of traditionalist Chinese patriots who wished to expel all Westerners from China

The typical European immigrant was _______________

a small farmer or rural craftsperson

What is "Orientalism"?

a term used by modern scholars to describe the way Westerners misunderstood and described colonial subjects and cultures

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

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

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

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

What did the Western would hope to achieve through the global economic system?

the largest share of gains from trade, technology, and migration would flow to the West and its propertied classes

Rudyard Kipling's "white man's burden" referred to _______________

the white races supposed duty to civilize inferior, nonwhite races

What did Heinrich von Treitschke believe was the significance of colonies?

they were essential to great nations