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Chapter 11 Review- Cash
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9th Grade
12/18/2013

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Cause of the Sepoy Mutiny
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The requirement that Indian soldiers bite off the end of an ammunition cartridge greased with animal fat.
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British Raj
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Many improvments in roads, canals, and railroads.
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Treaty of Nanjing
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benefited European countries at the expensive of China.
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Meiji Restoration
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Japanese emperor's return to power.
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Siam
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The only Southeast Asian country to retain its independence in the 1800's.
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Social Darwinism
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Cecil Rhodes talks of this in a quote
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Menelik II
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Which of the following was the emperor of Ethiopia who modernized his army and defeated the Italians at the Battle of Adwa?
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Roosevelt Corollary
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The quote by Theodore Roosevelt
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military advantages such as superior weapons
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one factor htat allowed European nations to extend their control over Asia and Africa after 1800.
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Opium
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British merchants earned huge profits in China by smuggling this
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Africa
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In 1885, 14 nations met in Berlin to discuss the partition of this country
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United States
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The West African state of Liberia avoided European colonization primarily because of its support from this country.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Implied that the United States would have Latin America
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Shaka
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One powerful African king who battled the Europeans in South Africa
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Meiji leaders
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Japan became an industrial power during this rule.
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Sphere of influence
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A region where an imperialist power possesses exclusive trading rights but does not govern is referred to as this.
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Revolution of 1911
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The Qing dynasty fell, and Sun Yat-sen became president.
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Ethiopia and Liberia
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The only 2 African nations to escape European domination during the Age of Imperialism
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Cuba
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The Spanish- American War occurred on the island.
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Monroe Doctrine
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The US used this document to halt the spread of European imperialism in Latin America.
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Theory of Social Darwinism
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was used as proof of the superiority of Europeans.
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Open Door Policy
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Tried to open China to the trade of al nations.
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