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| Imperialism is the policy of taking over and controlling other ethnic groups that are not yours. Imperialism created rivalries between countries, which led to war. |
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| What were the seven imperialist countries? |
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| Great Britian, France, Japan, Italy, Germany, Russia, and the United States. |
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| An intense identification with ones ethnic group or cultural heratiage. Nationalism caused people to beleive their race was better than anothers, and to impose their customs and beleifs them. |
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| A policy of building up the armed forces. It is a problem because now that the countries have stong armies, they are more likely to go to war. |
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| What is a system of alliences? |
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| Two or more alliances with a country. Countries created allies to prevent attacks. When countries were attacked, their allies assisted them, which pulled more countries into the war than nessicary. |
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| How was the Industrial Revolution a cause of WWI? |
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| The Industrial Revolution was a cause because countries wanted more resources so they could make more products. They also wantedd new markets to sell their goods. |
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| What is social darwinism? |
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| Darwin's survival of the fittest theory was applied to humans. The europeans saw themselves as the fittest, and they wanted to aid the other countries. |
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| He was an author who wrote Social Status. He said that Europeans were the superior race, which justified imperialism. |
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| He was the author of White Mans Burden. This book justified imperialism by saying they were helping the other countries when they invaded. Imperialism led to the destruction of old customs, which were replaced by new, European ones. |
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| Its a type of controll where the imperial power rules the area directly. |
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| It is a system where the local government stays, but they follow the commands of the imperial power. |
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| What is a sphere of influence? |
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| Its where the imperial power has economic privelages in the country. |
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| Territorys taken from France by Germany in a previous war. France's plan 17 used military force to reacquire the land, so it is associated with militarism. |
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| Rifling guns are mass produced during the industrial revolution. These weapons were associated with militarism because they made battle more deadly and intense. |
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| It was a war between the Boers and the British. It is associated with imperialism because they fought over land in South Africa, where they wanted to settle and use it as an imperial power. |
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| Ghandi was a nationalist leader in India. He supported India's independance from Britian by using non-violent protesting. Associated with nationalism. |
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| It was a terrorist group that beleived the balkin race should get their own country. They used volence. Associated with nationalism. |
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| What is the Schlieffen Plan? |
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| The Schlieffen Plan is Germany's WWI military stratagy. They wanted to fight a 2 front war against France and Russia, which concidered the army's ability to travel. Associated with militarism. |
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| It was an native Indian fighting for Britian. Associated with imperialism becuase the Indian's helped the British conquer the land. |
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| What was the sepoy rebellion? |
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| The sepoy rebellion was when the sepoies, who were offended by the use of pig and cow grease and how the British were treating the Indians, rebelled. Britian subdued the rebeliion and took over India. Associated with nationalism and imperialism. |
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| It was a war caused by forigners smuggleing opium into China. When china resisted, they were defeated and the qing dynasty falls. It is associated with imperialism because the fall of the Chineese government allowed countries to create spheres of infuence. |
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| What is the Triple Alliance? |
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| It is a defensive military treaty between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It is associated with the systems of alliances. |
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| What is the Triple Entente? |
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| A def. military treaty between France, Great Britian, and Russia. Associated with the system of alliances. |
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| What five European nations were interested in the Balkans and why? |
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| Austria-Hungary was interested because they wanted to drive out the ottoman turks. The Ottoman turks are interested because they already have land in the Balkans and they want to keep it. Russia was interested becuase they wanted to acquire more warm water ports and ariable land. Britain was interested because they didnt want Russia to effect their trade by controlling the ports. They also were afraid that Russia would become the balance of power. The Slavs wanted the blakans completely to themselves. |
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| How did Etheopia respond to imperialism? Name a key figure. |
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| The king of Etheopia's support of the Industrial Revolution helped prepare his military for a conflic with Italy. The Etheopians fought off Italy and remained independant. |
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| How did Egypt respond to imperialism? |
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| Muhammad Ali was in debt due to his movement to modernize Egypt, so Britain became a presence in the African country. When Egyptians rebelled, Britain came in and ruled the country as a protectorate. |
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| How did China respond to imperialism? |
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| China's weak government, the Qing dynasty, caused it to be pushed around by the more modern countries. Many different countries set up spheres of influence in China after the country the Opium war and signed many unfair treaties. |
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| How did Japan respond to imperialism? |
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| The meji sponsered Japan's modernization and imperialization of China and Asia after seeing other countries take advantage of China. Japan grew very strong and was the biggest imperial power in the Eastern Asia. |
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