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    This document provides vocabulary definitions and summaries of key events related to European imperialism between the 16th-19th centuries. It discusses factors that promoted European imperialism in Africa, including technological and military advantages as well as new disease prevention. It also summarizes the rise of nationalism and nation-states in Germany and Japan, anti-imperialist opposition, and consequences of the Opium Wars and Indian Rebellion of 1857 under British rule.

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    SSWH16 Study Guide ​ ​Name______________________ Date___________

    Vocabulary
    __________​: a policy in which strong nations seek to dominate other countries politically, socially, or economically.
    ________________​: the love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
    ___________​: The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs
    ______________​: the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside
    sources or bodies.
    ______________​: opposition to or hostility toward imperialist policies.
    Introduction
    Factors Promoting Imperialism
    ➢ Europeans had an overwhelming advantage. (Technical Superiority)
    ➢ Military Advantage: ​_____________________
    ➢ Transportation: ​_________​ and ​__________
    ➢ Communication: ​_________
    ➢ New protection against African diseases:​ ​_________
    ➢ African Problems Existed:
    ○ Lack of unity between ​_______​.
    ○ Wars between ​____________​.
    SSWH16a.
    What is Nationalism?
    Nationalism back then was the most powerful idea of the 19th century (you know the ​_____​) the belief that
    ________________________________________________​ of whom they share their culture and history with
    rather then with the king or emperor. Thus how the idea led to the building of Nation-states.
    Rise of germany
    ➢ After the Napoleonic wars congress of vienna~​______________________________
    ➢ German region~ had trouble uniting due to them being divided into many states
    ➢ ____​ ~ german nation-states try to unify to form german confederation
    ➢ (There was two major powers​______________________​).
    ➢ In ​____​~ germans forces a constitutional convention
    Otto Von Bismarck
    ➢ He was given the nickname ​____________​ he represented Prussia in the german confederation from ​____
    ➢ He was the ambassador to ​_________​ & ​__________​ in the late ​_____
    ➢ He was Prussia’s chief minister in ​____​ by king Wilhelm I (Determined to strength Prussia by any means
    necessary)
    ➢ He supported democracy to gain internal support

    Japan modernizernies
    ➢ ____​ commodore matthew perry (us) goes to japan and opens trade
    ➢ ___________​~​__________________________________________________________________________
    Meiji restoration
    ➢ Japan builds the largest strongest army and asia
    ➢ Japan's national pride led them to the beginnings of there expands~invaded ​____________________
    ➢ Japan began to trade with the rest of the world and became richer
    ➢ _______​~​_____________________________​~Japan wins the war with korea and china conquers Korea,
    gaining Taiwan as a colony
    Germany and japan
    ➢ Germany and Japan evolved into modern nation-states
    ➢ Both turned to industrialization to build powerful militaries
    ➢ __________________________________________________________________________
    ➢ Germany built a large empire in africa and Southeast Asia
    ➢ And actually japan took large parts of ​__________
    ➢ They both were officially led by ​_________​ ​,​ ​but were actually governed by ​_____________​.
    SSWH10b.
    Africa and Asia
    ➢ Asses imperialism in Africa and Asia include:​__________________________________________​.
    ➢ Africa was vulnerable to ​_____________ ​ because they had diamonds and gold that were discovered
    there making them ​_____________​ and other countries wanted it.
    ➢ Africa possesed ​______________________________________​.
    ➢ The Berlin conference was​______________________________________________________________
    _______________________​.
    ➢ The Berlin conference was also made it so each country had to notify the others of new land being
    discovered.
    ➢ During the conference , Africans had ​_________​ in the discussion.
    India
    ➢ Britain nicknamed India “​_______________​” because they were the most valuable of all britain's
    colonies.
    ➢ India provided ​____________________________________​(rough fiber made from the stems of a tropical
    Old World plant).
    ➢ During the colonization, their were both ​____________​ and ​___________​.
    SSWH10c.
    Intro to Anti-Imperialism
    The​__________________________________________________________________________​ in opposition of the
    acquisition of the Philippines, which happened anyway. The anti-imperialists opposed expansion because they
    believed imperialism violated the credo of republicanism, especially the need for "consent of the governed".
    Opium Wars
    ______​: a bitter brownish addictive drug that consists of the dried latex obtained from immature seed capsules of
    the opium poppy

    First Opium War    


    ➢ China’s attempt to ban the sale of opium in the port city of Canton leads to the ​_____________________
    ______________​, in which the Chinese are defeated by superior British arms and which results in the
    imposition of the first of many “Unequal Treaties.”
    ➢ These treaties open other cities, “Treaty Ports” to trade foreign legal jurisdiction on Chinese territory in
    these ports, foreign control of tariffs, and Christian missionary presence.
    ➢ The war was concluded by the onerous ​Treaty of Nanking​ (Nanjing) in ​_____​. The treaty forced China to
    cede the ​Hong Kong island​ to the ​United Kingdom​ in perpetuity, and it established five ​treaty ports​ at
    Shanghai​, ​Canton​, ​Ningpo​ (Ningbo), ​Foochow​ (Fuzhou), and ​Amoy​.
    Second Opium War
    ➢ During 1856–1860, British forces fought towards legalization of the ​opium trade​, to expand trade in _​ ____
    (cheap laborers) to open all of China to British merchants, and to exempt foreign imports from ​internal
    transit duties​.
    ➢ __________________________________________________​; eventually, more than 80 treaty ports were
    established in China, involving many foreign powers. All foreign traders gained rights to travel within
    China
    ➢ France joined the British.
    Boxer Rebellion
    ➢ Officially supported peasant ​__________​ of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China.
    ➢ “​________​” was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan
    (“Righteous and Harmonious Fists”).
    ➢ The group practiced certain boxing and calisthenic rituals in the belief that this made them invulnerable.
    ➢ Their aim was the destruction of the Qing dynasty and the privileged westerners with a high position in
    society.
    Indian Revolt of 1857
    ➢ Was also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
    ➢ A major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India
    Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
    ➢ It ​_____________________________​ at ​__________​.
    ➢ Sepoys in the Presidency of Bengal revolted against their British​ ​officers.

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