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What is imperialism?
The conquering of foreign territories by powerful countries for natural resources & markets
What is a colony?
Ruled directly by a foreign power
What is a protectorate?
Controlled by foreign power
What is a sphere of influence?
Foreign power gets exclusive rights
What country brutalized the Congo?
Belgium
What main resource was being removed from the Congo?
Rubber
What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
14 European countries divided Africa without any regard for people there
What were the beliefs/goals of Europeans and Americans who believed the "White Man's Burden"?
Spread Christianity, "Civilize" & educate other nations, end the slave trade
Emperor Menelik II successfully defended what nation against invasion in 1896?
Ethiopia
China fought the Opium Wars against what nation?
England
The “Sun never set on the ....
British Empire
What war was between Dutch farmers and the English in South Africa?
Boer Wars
Why did Japan beat Russia in the Russo-Japanese War?
Russia was involved in their own civil war.
After the Spanish American War, the US took over what nations?
Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico & Guam
Who fought against British Imperialism in India?
Sepoys
Why did America annex Hawaii?
Sugar Plantations were valuable
