Chapter 26 Vocabulary
“new imperialism” social darwinism racism “the white man’s burden” Qing Dynasty
Egyptian Nationalist party Suez Canal Omdurman
British opium trade Pierre de Brazza Muhammad Ali
Leopold the 2nd Matthew Perry Boers
Dowager Empress Cixi John Hobson Heinrich von Treitschke
Berlin conference of 1884-1885 Fashoda crisis of 1898
Great Trek of the Boers Treaty of Nanking, 1842
Meiji Restoration of 1867)
International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of Central Africa Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
Berlin Conference of 1884-1885
1. What factors speeded up intercontinental trade in the late nineteenth century? Where did most of the foreign investments in this period go?
2. What were the motives of both the British merchants and the Chinese government in the opium wars of 1839-1842 and 1856-1860?
3. What were some of the difference in migration pattern among the various European states? Why was migration from Italy so heavy?
4. Where did the European migrants go? Why did the migrants leave? Why did so many return?
5. Khedive Ismail once said, “My country is no longer in Africa; we now from part of Europe.” What did he mean?
6. Explain the British-Egyptian conflict of 1882. What were the causes and the results?
7. What distinguished the “new imperialism” from earlier forms of European expansion?
8. Why was Leopold II of Belgium interested in Africa?
9. What was meant by “effective occupation”? Did it cause or curtail further imperialism?
10. In 1898, a British army faced a French army at Fashoda in north-central Africa? Why?
11. What effect did Christianity have on imperialism?
12. What was the purpose of the Great Rebellion in India in 1857-1858?
13. What were the advantages and disadvantages of British rule for the Indians?
14. What was the Meiji Restoration in Japan? Why was it a turning point in Japanese history?
15. How well did the Japanese copy the Europeans? What European ideas were most attractive to them?