Imperialism
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BCapaldi on October 15, 2010
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WH BK 4 Fall 2012, WH BK 3 Fall 2012, WH BK 1 Fall 2012, DHS WORLD HISTORY, Ridley World History
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Began stampede for colonies in Africa | King Leopold II's activities in the Congo |
| France | Controlled much of Northern & West-Central Africa |
| Menelik II | Modernized Ethiopia and maintained independence from Italy |
| Armenians | Victims of genocide by the Turks |
| Commercial interests | Motivated groups like the British East India company to colonize places like India |
| Indirect Control | British used this type of control |
| Trade Deficit | An economic situation when a nation imports more than it exports |
| Built the Suez Canal | The French |
| Invader's Paradise | India: Where East meets West |
| What led to the Boer War? | Discovery of gold & diamonds on Boer-held lands |
| Queen Yaa Asantewaa's "claim to fame" | Led the fight against the British in West Africa |
| Henry Stanley | Trekked into Central Africa to find Dr. David Livingston |
| What caused the Sepoy Rebellion? | Several laws were passed overriding the religious beliefs of the sepoys |
| What outraged Indian Leaders in 1939? | British brought India into World War II |
| Bangladesh | Former Eastern part of Pakistan |
| How did the Opium War start? | Britain refused China's demand to stop selling Opium |
| Sino-Japanese War showed... | While China remained backward, Japan had modernized |
| Dr. David Livingstone | Explorer and missionary |
| Rudyard Kipling | Wrote "The White Man's Burden" |
| "The Sun never sets on the _____ Empire" | British |
| Cecil Rhodes | Made a great fortune from diamonds in Africa |
| Balance of Trade | Difference between how much a nation imports and exports |
| Direct Control | French, Portuguese and Italian countries used this type of control |
| Nationalism, Democracy & Livelihood | The "Three Principles of the People" |
| Open Door Policy | Proposed having equal access to Chinese trade for the Western powers |
| Wahhabi Reform Movement | Islamic Reform movement that called for a Return to the purity and simplicity of Muhammad's teaching |
| Father of Modern Egypt | Muhammad Ali |
| Sphere of Influence | Area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges |
| Benefits the British brought to India | New communication systems, an impressive railroad network, a revised legal system |
| King Leopold II | Exploited the natives of the Congo |
| Nehru | First Prime Minister of India |
| Sati | Custom calling for a wife to join her husband by throwing herself on his funeral pyre |
| Ahimsa | Hindu doctrine of non-violence |
| Purdah | The isolation of women in separate quarters |
| Jinnah | First Prime Minister of Pakistan |
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