AMSCO AP World History Modern- Unit 6 with correct answers rated A+ 2023/2024

AMSCO AP World History Modern- Unit 6Imperialism - correct answers A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Nationalism - correct answers A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country Sino-Japanese War - correct answers a war between China and Japan for influence, power, and territory Formosa - correct answers Chiang and the nationalists were forced to flee to Formosa, a large island off the southern coast of China, after the Communist victory in the civil war. Throughout the 1950's, the U.S. continued to recognize and support Chiang's government in Formosa as the legitimate government of China, and to ignore the existence of the Communist People's Republic on the mainland. Phrenology - correct answers the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities. Charles Darwin - correct answers English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection () Social Darwinism - correct answers The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle. David Livingstone - correct answers Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls () East India Company (EIC) - correct answers private trading company established in 1600, which expanded through conquest and British military support after the 1750s to administer most of India. As a result of the 1857 mutiny and rebellion, its charter was ended and Indian administration was taken over directly by the British government. Dutch East India Company (VOC) - correct answers A joint stock company chartered by the Dutch government to control all Dutch trade in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Also known by its Dutch initials VOC for Verenigde Oostendische Compagnie. King Leopold II - correct answers King of Belgium (r. ). He was active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa and became the infamous ruler of the Congo Free State (to 1908). Gold Coast - correct answers Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward. Cape Colony - correct answers Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 initially to provide a coastal station for the Dutch seaborne empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with Bantus. Congo Free State - correct answers a large area in Central Africa that was privately controlled by Leopold II of Belgium. He was able to secretly treat the people of the colony very badly until he was forced to give it up. Abyssinia - correct answers the ancient name for Ethiopia Liberia - correct answers In 1820, the American Colonization Society created a colony in West Africa for freed slaves to go. By the 1840s this colony had its own constitution and became and independent nation. Ceylon - correct answers an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India Dutch East Indies - correct answers A group of islands in South East Asia claimed by the Dutch during Imperialism. Indochina - correct answers a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam