Imperialism

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  1. 3. identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
  2. 8. an Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders.
  3. 9. what was the name given to the way in which European countries brought nearly all of the African continent under their control as part of their separate empires.
  4. 11. As the famous saying went, What "never set on the British Empire" during the 19th century?
  5. 12. The Congo was especially valuable because its natural resources made it possible to create this important material.
  6. 17. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
  7. 18. a state that is controlled and protected by another.
  8. 21. a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.
  9. 22. separates the African continent from Asia, and it provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands lying around the Indian and western Pacific oceans.
  10. 23. What country had the largest and most powerful Navy during the 19th century?
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  1. 1. a violent and very bloody uprising against British rule in India in 1857 over the way Indians were being treated.
  2. 2. a duty formerly asserted by white people to manage the affairs of nonwhite people whom they believed to be less developed.
  3. 4. What was the only country in Africa that was able to keep from being colonized by the Europeans?
  4. 5. King Leopold of _______________________ was the first to colonize Africa when he claimed the Congo.
  5. 6. England viewed the colonizing of India as this because of its natural resources that brought an incredible amount of wealth to the British Empire.
  6. 7. A meeting where all of the European countries met together to divide up all of the African colonies.
  7. 10. Why was the United states late to claim colonies during the age of Imperialism? What was going on in their own country during that time?
  8. 13. an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government.
  9. 14. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force upon a smaller and weaker country to acquire their natural resources and markets.
  10. 15. What country did the United States annex in 1898, despite resistance from Queen Liliuokalaini?
  11. 16. What religion did Europeans feel it was their "burden" to spread to other nations?
  12. 19. Conflict fought between England and China because China was losing all of their Silver to the British.
  13. 20. What country was forced by the United States to trade with Westerners in 1853 after centuries of isolation?