The Age of Imperialism 1850-1914

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Across
  1. 2. British Controlled "B"
  2. 4. became a territory of the United States in 1898
  3. 7. people led by chief Shaka
  4. 11. governed by a foreign power
  5. 12. allowed its own goernment but was under the control of a foreign power
  6. 13. became the most important power in India
  7. 17. Dutch settlers
  8. 18. British Controlled "M"
  9. 20. claimed as the exclusive investment or trading realm of a foreign power
  10. 21. successfully resisted Italy
  11. 22. America fought them over Cuba/Guam/Philippines
Down
  1. 1. Indian empire in the 1700s
  2. 3. fought against the French for almost 50 years
  3. 5. take possession of
  4. 6. local rulers had power over day to day matters
  5. 8. European powers governed directly, not allowing African control
  6. 9. British controlled "S"
  7. 10. the Dutch ran this country
  8. 14. controlled by a private business rather than by a foreign government
  9. 15. beginning in the 1880s gold and diamonds are discovered in Africa, leading to European interest in the continent
  10. 16. broke away from the Ottoman empire in Egypt
  11. 19. connected the Mediterranean to the Red Sea