Imperialism Test

limiting contact with foreigners

sending representatives to study western technology

giving the shogun greater military power

signing unequal treaties with the western powers

resisting the modernization of India.

reforming British imperial rule of India.

demanding British withdrawal from India.

excluding Muslims from a role in the Indian independence movement.

The motivations behind imperialism were mainly humanitarian.

European missionaries rejected paternal views of natives and tried to end brutality under imperial rule.

Industrialization was both a cause of imperialism and a reason for its success.

Military and economic competition between powers was avoided at all costs.

Both declared themselves isolated from international trade.

Both were forced to participate in the British opium trade.

Both successfully fought off a foreign military.

Both had to sign unequal treaties with a foreign power.

spreading Christianity.

having a responsibility to "civilize" the "lesser peoples" of the world.

wanting to find sources of raw materials and markets for finished goods.

wanting to explore the traditions of and learn about foreign cultures.

Shanghai

Korea

Taiwan

Manchuria

British, because they were enraged over having to consume animal fat to load rifles.

Dutch, because they had been enslaved and forced to work on plantations.

French, because France was an ally of Britain and both were known to insult Sepoys.

It preserved traditional Indian legal procedures.

It looked to improve Indian life by eliminating the caste system.

It made physical improvements to India, but only to generate profits.

Great Britain

China

Germany

Russia

warriors who led armed revolts against foreign imperialists.

Muslim reformers who demanded a return to traditional policies and culture.

western-educated elites who contrasted idealistic European philosophy with brutal colonial policies.

trade routes

ethnic boundaries

mining rights

migration patterns

The Meiji constitution did not give the emperor absolute power because this policy had failed with the Tokugawa shoguns.

The Meiji Restoration worked to restore a rigid feudal order like that of the Tokugawa period.

The Meiji reformers adapted the German model of government to replace the feudal order of the Tokugawa period.

The Meiji reformers, like the Tokugawa shoguns, refused to adapt Western ways.

Empress Ci Xi, while reinforcing traditional Confucian values.

Sun Yat-sen, while creating the Republic of China.

Commodore Matthew Perry, while forcing Japan open to American trade.

Mutsuhito, while beginning the Meiji Restoration.

spheres of influence

protectorates

indirect rule

direct rule

European leaders meeting in Berlin to stop potential wars over Africa.

Belgium setting up rubber plantations in the Congo.

British missionaries campaigning to end the slave trade.

Britain exporting Indian opium to China.

The carving up of China by foreign powers

Japan's emergence as an imperial power

America expanding its influence across the Pacific

Russia's easy defeat of Japan in the Russo-Japanese War

in response to Britain’s exploitation of India’s resources and political and cultural oppression

from the need for a Muslim country that was separate from India

out of an eagerness to learn about Western-style imperialism and colonization

through a strong cultural cohesion that formed between Hindus and Muslims that did not exist until British rule

The Qing dynasty was weakened by its unwillingness to modernize.

The Qing dynasty could not handle the Boxer Rebellion.

The Qing dynasty fell due to the efforts of Sun Yat-sen.

The Qing dynasty sounded defeated the British navy without heavy losses.

Opium War

Boxer Rebellion

Russo-Japanese War

Taiping Rebellion

Overwhelming American military force played a key role in the opening of Japan.

Many Japanese leaders opposed Japan's isolationist policies.

Japan was experiencing religious unrest that left it vulnerable.

Japan was eager to learn of superior western technologies.

The British military wanted to poison Japanese soldiers who had invaded China.

Britain needed to compete with German opium traders.

Britain needed find a good they could trade for Chinese tea.

Queen Victoria wanted to systematically weaken the Chinese government from within.

Italy

Belgium

Russia

Great Britain

chemical weapons

machine guns

steamboats

anti-septic spray

Economic policy under British rule only treated India as a source of raw materials.

High deaths from the Bubonic Plague led to a drop in overall productivity.

Economic policy under British rule allowed India to develop significant domestic industry.

Rapid industrialization during the Mughal Empire led an increase in productivity.

Anti-imperialist, due to the connection made between being "civilized" and being brutalized by foreigners.

Neutral, due to the muted and toned-back depictions of both figures in the image.

Pro-imperialist, due to the way it stereotypes and racializes the native depicted on the left.

Russo-Japanese War

Berlin Conference

Unification of Germany

Taiping Rebellion

A lack of raw materials and resources made it hard to compete.

Most other countries were experiencing French Revolution-style unrest.

The rest of the world was still dealing with the effects of the Bubonic Plague.

Governments openly resisted efforts to modernize.

the Belgian Congo.

the Berlin Conference.

the Opium Wars.

the Meiji Restoration.

rapid growth of new trade networks linking Asia and Africa.

need for industrial nations to gain raw materials and new markets.

desire of colonies to expand their global markets.

formation of military alliances between European nations and outside powers.