Political Science Questions

system of colonial government in which the imperialist power controlled all levels of government and appointed its own officials to govern the colony.

Royal official (1785-1850) charged with ending the opium trade in Canton, his concerted efforts to seize and destroy opium imports provoked the Opium Wars.

was a powerful monarchy in West Africa in the years prior to European colonization. It created a loose confederation and united the neighboring tribes with their advanced army.

War in Africa between the British and the Zulu (a South African tribe) during which fierce resistance was not enough to stop the British and their weapons; the British gained Zulu land

scientist and economist who proposed a theory that resources such as food, water, and shelter were natural limits to population growth.

A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa, retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa and is the only African state that successfully resisted European Colonialism

a way of maintaining control of a group or opponents by encouraging disagreement (dissent) between them and preventing them from becoming a united opposition.

a system of government of one nation by another in which the governed people retain certain administrative, legal, and other powers.

The conquered country keeps its own government but is really under control by the imperial power.

A famine in 1845 when the main crop of Ireland, potatoes, was destroyed by disease. Irish farmers grew other food items, such as wheat and oats, but Great Britain required them to export those items to them, leaving nothing for the Irish to live on. As a result, over 1 million Irish died of starvation or disease, while millions of others migrated to the United States.

adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture

a dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified Japan from 1603 to 1867

Ended Japan's two-hundred year period of economic isolation, establishing an American consulate in Japan and securing American coaling rights in Japanese ports.

founded by Shaka in 1818, the British and the Dutch settlers broke up the kingdom during the 20th century quest to imperialize Africa

The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868, in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization, industrialization, and imperialism.

a disease (fungus) that causes plants/crops to wither and die

Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.

a severe shortage/scarcity of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

emperor of Japan who modernized Japan in the 1860s by studying and adopting Western armies, government forms and industries. As a result, Japan became a strong power and was never colonized

The process of reforming political, military, economic, social, and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies- usually transformed through industrialization