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What were the causes and effects of Industrialization on Imperialism?
Causes: Demand for raw materials and new markets. Effects: Increased European power and expansion, exploitation of colonies.
What were the causes and effects of the Opium Wars?
Causes: British desire to trade opium in China. Effects: Unequal treaties, loss of Chinese sovereignty, increased Western influence.
What were the causes and effects of the Berlin Conference?
Causes: European powers' desire to colonize Africa. Effects: Partition of Africa, disregard for African boundaries, long-term political instability.
What were the causes and effects of the Kimberley Diamond Strike?
Causes: Discovery of diamonds in South Africa. Effects: Increased British involvement, exploitation of African labor, economic development in the region.
What were the causes and effects of Social Darwinism?
Causes: Darwin's theory of evolution applied to society. Effects: Justification for imperialism, racism, and exploitation of colonized people.
What were the causes and effects of the Great Rebellion in India?
Causes: Sepoy grievances, cultural insensitivity. Effects: Dissolution of the East India Company, direct British rule, increased Indian nationalism.
What were the causes and effects of the opening of the Suez Canal?
Causes: Desire to shorten trade routes. Effects: Increased trade, British influence in Egypt, strategic importance of the region.
What were the causes and effects of the White Australia Policy?
Causes: Fear of competition for jobs, racist ideologies. Effects: Exclusion of non-European immigrants, shaping Australia's demographic and cultural identity.
What were the causes and effects of the Sino-Japanese War?
Causes: Japan's desire for influence in Korea. Effects: Japanese victory, control over Korea, decline of Qing Dynasty.
What were the causes and effects of the Spanish-American War?
Causes: US expansionism, Cuban independence movement. Effects: US acquisition of territories, rise of US as a global power.
What is Imperialism?
The policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
What is Economic Imperialism?
A situation in which one country has a significant degree of economic control over another.
What is Settler Colonialism?
A form of colonialism involving large-scale immigration and settlers displacing indigenous populations to take land.
What is Deindustrialization?
The decline of industrial activity in a region or economy.
What is Social Darwinism?
The application of Darwinian ideas of evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies as a justification for imperialist expansion.
What is the British Raj?
The rule of the British Crown in India between 1858 and 1947.
What is the White Australia Policy?
A set of historical policies that aimed to exclude people of non-European ethnic origin from immigrating to Australia.
What is Indentured Servitude?
A system of labor where individuals work to pay off a debt, often used after the abolition of the slave trade.
What is the Berlin Conference?
A meeting of European powers in 1884 to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa, leading to the partitioning of the continent.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
A treaty signed in 1842, ending the First Opium War, marking the beginning of unequal treaties between China and Western powers.
What is a Commodity?
A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as coffee, palm oil, or cotton.
What is an Ethnic Enclave?
A geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity.
What was the significance of the First Opium War (1839-1842)?
Marked the beginning of unequal treaties between China and Western powers, forcing China to open its ports and cede territory.
What was the Great Rebellion in India (1857)?
A widespread uprising against British rule in India, triggered by controversial rifle cartridges greased with animal fat.
What was the significance of the Berlin Conference (1884)?
Formalized the division of Africa among European powers, disregarding existing African political and ethnic boundaries.
What was the significance of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)?
Demonstrated Japan's growing military power and resulted in Japan gaining control over Korea and Taiwan.
What was the significance of the Spanish-American War (1898)?
Resulted in the US acquiring territories such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, marking the rise of the US as an imperial power.
What was the Tupac Amaru II rebellion (1780-1782)?
An indigenous uprising in Peru against Spanish colonial rule, led by José Gabriel Condorcanqui (Tupac Amaru II).
What was the Kimberley Diamond Strike (1868)?
The discovery of diamonds in Kimberley, South Africa, led to a diamond rush and increased British involvement in the region.
What was the significance of the opening of the Suez Canal (1869)?
A crucial waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, facilitating trade and shortening sea routes between Europe and Asia.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
An anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
A political revolution in 1868 that brought about the modernization and industrialization of Japan.
What was the Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement?
A millenarian movement in 1856–1857 in present-day South Africa, led by the Xhosa people, who destroyed their own livestock and crops in the belief that it would bring about the return of their ancestors and drive out the European settlers.
What was the Yaa Asantewaa War?
Also known as the War of the Golden Stool, was the final war in a series of conflicts between the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana and the British colonial authorities.