Global II: Imperialism

Why did Japan go to war with other countries?

• They needed to spread Shintoism

• They needed natural resources and raw materials

• They needed to learn about other governments

• They needed to gain allies.

What was one effect of the Russo-Japanese War?

• Japan became a major world power

• Korea became independent

• The czar gained more power in Russia

• Russia formed a military alliance with Japan

Why did many Irish people move to the United States during the 1800s?

• They gained independence from Great Britain

• There was a massive potato famine in Ireland

• They were escaping war

• The population of Ireland grew substantially

What was a major cause of European imperialism?

• Desire to establish democratic governments throughout the world

• Emergence of communism as an economic system

• A desire for cheap raw materials and expanded markets

• Religious conflict between European nations

What was the Congress of Berlin/the Berlin Conference?

• The expanded sale of opium in China

• The modernization and westernization of Japan

• The war between the Dutch and the Zulu people

• The division of Africa by European countries into colonies

How are the Zulu resistance in South African and the Boxer Rebellion in China similar?

• Both were acts of genocide

• Both were attempts to overthrow monarchs

• Both were reactions to foreign interference in their countries

• Both were reactions to a loss of farm land

What was a result of the Opium War between China and Great Britain?

• China became a democracy

• China regained control of Hong Kong

• China gained control of Manchuria

• China was divided into spheres of influence by the west

Which choice is an example of increased Western influence in Asia?

• Economic isolation of China and Japan

• Beginning of democratic governments in China and Japan

• Chinese and Japanese expansion of land

• The Opium Wars in China and the visit of Matthew Perry to Japan

Which historical development showed the desire of a group to gain independence from a colonial/European power?

• rise of the Nazi party in Germany

• Solidarity movement in Poland

• Tiananmen Square uprising in China

• Sepoy Mutiny in India

Social Darwinism and the ideas expressed in the "White Man's Burden" were used by Europeans to justify their policies of

• Pacifism

• Communism

• Isolationism

• Imperialism