Review 4th Quarter 9th Grade (Social Studies) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

As a result of the prosperity that came from increased exports, Latin America

saw a growth in the middle sectors of society.

Under the reign of Porfirio Díaz,

a few wealthy families owned most of the land.

What was the goal of the Indian National Congress?

a share in the governing process of India

One reason the Great Rebellion did not succeed was that

Hindus and Muslims could not work together.

Which statement best describes what life was like for Africans under European rule?

Africans saw little benefit from their hard work.

To appease the Boers after the Boer War, the British agreed that

only whites and propertied Africans would vote.

The colonial takeover of Southeast Asia began with the rivalry between which two nations?

France and Britain

Why did Europeans wanted to colonize West Africa?

West Africa had many useful raw materials.

Which class played a key role in resisting colonial rule in Southeast Asia?

urban middle class

European nations began to search for new overseas colonies after 1880 to

obtain raw materials for their industries and open new markets for their products.

policy of joining a country's economic and foreign policy interests

dollar diplomacy

Nobel Prize–winning Indian author

Rabindranath Tagore

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waterway that connects the Mediterranean and Red seas

Suez Canal

British explorer who helped develop the Congo River basin

Henry Stanley

statement that claimed the right of the United States to intervene in Latin American countries guilty of misconduct

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

direct rule

colonial government in which local officials are replaced by officials from the colonizing country

Panama Canal

Central American waterway opened in 1914

Berlin Conference

created guidelines for the colonization of Africa

indirect rule

colonial government in which local rulers keep their positions of authority

Early resistance to colonial rule was based on

anger at bad treatment.

Citizens of the colonies probably preferred indirect rule over direct rule because

there would be fewer changes to their way of life.

Why did the United States fight so hard to defeat the Philippine guerrilla forces?

to gain a connection to the markets of China

France was motivated to take over Vietnam by its economic ambitions as well as by

rivalry with Britain.

What did Western nations hope to gain by establishing new colonies after 1880?

raw materials for their industries and markets to sell their products

direct rule

colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought from the colonizing country

indirect rule

colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status

protectorate

a political unit that depends on another government

racism

the belief that race determines a person’s traits and capabilities

imperialism

the extension of a nation’s power over other lands