Imperialism Quiz

10 cards·by AlexBuliis318

In his poem, "The White Man's Burden" this writer reflected the self satisfaction with which while Europeans viewed empires in Africa/Asia

Rudyard Kipling

This 6,000 mile-long railroad, completed in 1905, connected Moscow to Russia's Pacific frontier and made Russia an important in the Far East

Trans-Siberian Railway

What were the original Dutch settlers in southern Africa called?

Afrikaaners

When the European powers decided to divide up Africa among them, they established the rules for doing so in 1884-1885 at the:

Berlin Conference

In the Open Door policy of 1899, the United States denied the right of the European powers to monopolize trade with what country?

China

After 1875, European powers moved into Africa so aggressively that, 20 years later, the only two countries that remained independent were:

Ethiopia and Liberia

As result of victory in the Opium Wars Great Britain forced China to trade on British terms & accept permanent possesion of what territory:

Hong Kong

Opened in 1869, this waterway improved British communication with India and also increased British interest in Egypt and The Middle East

Suez Canal

Imperial expansion by the European powers was made easier by advances in tech and weak local gov's in Africa, Ott. Empire and far east of:

China

This man's career as an empire-builder in central Africa began in the 1870s when a NY newspaper sent him to "find" Dr. David Livingstone

Henry Morton Stanley