6.2 - State Expansion

Question 1

King Leopold II

Answer 1

Belgian king who brutally exploited the Congo Free States for rubber and ivory

Question 2

Cixi

Answer 2

conservative Chinese empress who resisted reforms and foreign influence in late Qing dynasty

Question 3

Sierra Leone

Answer 3

British colony in West Africa founded for freed slaves

Question 4

Gold Coast

Answer 4

British colony in West Africa (now Ghana), known for gold and cocoa

Question 5

Cape Colony

Answer 5

South African territory controlled by the British after the Dutch

Question 6

Congo Free State

Answer 6

Central African territory privately owned by King Leopold II, known for severe exploitation

Question 7

Abyssinia

Answer 7

African kingdom (now Ethiopia) that resisted European colonization

Question 8

Liberia

Answer 8

West African nation founded for freed American slaves, remained independent

Question 9

Ceylon

Answer 9

British colony in South Asia (now Sri Lanka)

Question 10

Dutch East Indies

Answer 10

Southeast Asian colonies controlled by the Netherlands (not Indonesia)

Question 11

Indochina

Answer 11

Southeast Asian region colonized by France (now Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia)

Question 12

Malaya

Answer 12

Southeast Asian region colonized by Britain (now part of Malaysia)

Question 13

Siam

Answer 13

Southeast Asian kingdom (now Thailand) that remained independent by modernizing

Question 14

Australia

Answer 14

British settler colony, originally used as a penal colony

Question 15

New Zealand

Answer 15

British settler colony in the Pacific, home to the Maori people

Question 16

Berlin Conference

Answer 16

1884 to 1885 meeting where European powers divided Africa for colonization

Question 17

Treaty of Waitangi

Answer 17

1840 agreement between British and Maori in New Zealand, often violated by the British

Question 18

Scramble for Africa

Answer 18

rapid European colonization and division of Africa in late 1800s

Question 19

Monroe Doctrinw

Answer 19

US policy warning Europe not to colonize the Americas

Question 20

Manifest Destiny

Answer 20

belief that the US was destined to expand across North America

Question 21

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 21

US policy stating it could intervene in Latin America to keep order

Question 22

Great Game

Answer 22

rivalry between Britain and Russia for control in Central Asia

Question 23

Concentration Camps

Answer 23

camps where civilians were detained, notably used by the British in the Boer Wars

Question 24

Penal Colony

Answer 24

settlement used to exile prisoners (such as Australia)

Question 25

Boer Wars

Answer 25

conflicts between the British and Dutch settlers (Boers) in South Africa

Question 26

Seven Years' War

Answer 26

global conflict (1756 to 1763) between major powers, affected colonial holdings

Question 27

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 27

massive Chinese civil war against the Qing Dynasty, influenced by Christian ideas

Question 28

Bozer Rebellion

Answer 28

anti-foreign uprising in China, suppressed by foreign powers