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Question 1

Panama Canal

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Built in Latin America, finished in 1914

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Suez Canal

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Canal in Africa, finished in 1869

Question 3

Commodore Perry

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Used gunboat diplomacy to open Japan to trade

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Rubber

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Valuable raw material desired by imperial powers, especially Belgium

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Zaibatsu

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Powerful Japanese business groups

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Queen Liliuokalani

Answer 6

Last monarch of Hawaii

Question 7

Oil

Answer 7

Important natural resource wanted by imperial powers

Question 8

Gunboat Diplomacy

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Using military force to force weaker nations to comply

Question 9

American Imperialism

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U.S. expanded into Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

Question 10

Walk Tall with a Big Stick

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Cartoon showing U.S. imperialism and gunboat diplomacy

Question 11

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Answer 11

Creator of the Sea Power Theory

Question 12

Penal Colony

Answer 12

Settlement used to exile prisoners and exploit their labor

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Maori People

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Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand

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Shaka

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Leader of the Zulu nation

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Zulus

Answer 15

Bantu ethnic group in South Africa

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African Scramble

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European competition to control Africa

Question 17

The Congo

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Brutally colonized by Belgium

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Boers

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Dutch farmers in South Africa fought by the British

Question 19

Armenian Genocide

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Mass killing by the Ottoman Empire

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Ottoman Empire Nickname

Answer 20

Sick Man of Europe

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Muhammad Ali (Egypt)

Answer 21

Founder of modern Egypt

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Sepoy Rebellion

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Revolt that caused Britain to directly rule India

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British East India Company

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Powerful trading company with military and political control in India

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Recognizing Great Powers in Cartoons

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Imperial powers dividing China, U.S. often absent

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Qing Empire

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Fell due to wars and internal rebellions

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Taiping Rebellion

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Civil war against the Qing Dynasty

Question 27

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 27

Failed attempt to expel foreigners and Christian missionaries

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Sun Yat-sen

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Leader who pushed China toward becoming a republic

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Chiang Kai-shek

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Successor to Sun Yat-sen

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Puyi

Answer 30

Last emperor of the Qing Dynasty

Question 31

Port Arthur

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Conflict over it started the Russo-Japanese War

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Russo-Japanese War

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Fought over Port Arthur and influence in East Asia

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Indochina Imperialism

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Controlled by France

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Philippine Imperialism

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Bought by the U.S. from Spain for 20 million dollars

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Opium Wars

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Fought over China banning the opium trade

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Sino-Japanese Wars

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Fought over Japanese expansion into China

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Quebecois

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French-speaking people of Canada

Question 38

Meiji Restoration

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Period of rapid modernization in Japan

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Alaska

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Purchased by the U.S. from Russia

Question 40

Cuba

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U.S. helped it gain independence from Spain

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Spanish-American War

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War between the U.S. and Spain over Cuba

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USS Maine

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Explosion helped trigger the Spanish-American War

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Negotiated the end of the Russo-Japanese War

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Hong Xiuquan

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Leader of the Taiping Rebellion

Question 45

Rammohun Roy

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Father of modern India

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Sepoys

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Indian soldiers who worked for the British

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Ethiopia

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One of two African nations that remained independent

Question 48

Liberia

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One of two African nations that remained independent

Question 49

Dr. David Livingstone

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Explorer who went missing in Africa

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King Mongkut

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King of Thailand

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Sokoto Caliphate

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Muslim kingdom in West Africa

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Tanzania

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Controlled by Germany

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Mozambique

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Controlled by Portugal

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Confederation

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Union of local states or regions

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Dominion

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Self-governing colony in the British Empire

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West African Imperialism

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Mostly controlled by France

Question 57

Monroe Doctrine

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Policy warning Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere