World Civ. Chapter 28
Japan became a major imperial power after its victory in the
Russo-Japanese War
Under British control, Ceylon became a major producer of
Tea
The Roosevelt Corollary strengthened US military and economic claims in which area of the world?
Those territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the United States
The Monroe Doctrine
Worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs
The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were:
disgruntled sepoy troops
The social Darwinists believed that:
powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies
In regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americans
proved to be just as racist as the Europeans
Emilio Aguinaldo led an uprising in:
the Philippines against the United States
The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in:
the Spanish-Cuban-American War
The Suez Canal facilitated:
the building and maintenance of empires
Cecil Rhodes was:
A leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa
New South Wales in Australia started as:
A settlement for convicts
the Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by:
Belgium
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 Boers were
Dutch settlers in South Africa
The most significant territorial loss for the Ottomans was
Egypt
Between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of
France
After the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893, the United States took over,
Hawaii
In the nineteenth century, the majority of indentured laborers came from:
India
the Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over:
Korea