Imperialism
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 David Livingstone | Scottish; Minister; went to research central africa; never came back; found dead on the shores of lake langeanyilea; |
| Henry Stanley | American; reporter; found Livingstone; Signed treaties with chiefs of Congo River Valley for Leopold II of Belgium |
| Shaka (Shaka Zulu) | Zulu chief; used warriors & military organization to create centralized state; |
| King Leopold II | King of Belgium; Controlled Congo River Valley lands; Motive ti abolish slavery; |
| Selim III | Ottoman Sultan; Power in 1789; Overthrown; Movements temporarily abandoned; Attempted to modernize army; |
| Muhammad Ali | Sent by ottomans but soon broke away; gained control of Syria and Arabia; granted the right for his heirs to be rulers of Egypt; |
| Isma'il | Grandson of Muhammad; supported building a suez canal; reform efforts almost bankrupt the country; |
| King Mongkut | King of siam; tried to modernize siam; started schools, reformed legal system, reorganized government; abloished slavery; culture remained stable, free from outside control; |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Leader of Filipino nationalist; claimed US promised independence; nationalists declared independence, established Philippine Republic; |
| Ram Mohan Roy | Know as the "Father of Modern India"; Campaigned to move India from traditional ideas/practices; |
| Spanish-American War | US vs Spain in Cuba & Philippines; less than 3 months; resulted in Cuba's independence & US annexing Puerto Rico, Guam, & Philippines; |
| William McKinley | President of US; , president during Spanish American War; assassinated; |
| Queen Liliukualani | Hawaian ruler; called constitution to restore power back to Hawaii; Removed from power in 1893; |
| Stanford Dole | Wealthy plantation owner; President of New Republic of Hawaii; asked US to annex Hawaii; |
| Florence Nightingale | English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War |
| Crimea | region in southwest russia on the black sea |
| Ottoman Empire | a Muslim empire that lasted from the early 1400s until after WWI |
| Cash Crops | Crops grown for a profit |
| "White man's Burden" | idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized |
| Assimilation | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
| Paternalism | the policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children |
| Economic Imperialism | independent but less developed nation that is controlled by private business interests rather than by other govts. |
| Sphere of Influence | Area in which outside power claims investment or trading privileges; |
| Protectorate | Country/territory with own internal government but under control of outside power; |
| Colony | Country/region governed internally by a foreign power; |
| Boer War | Boer vs. Britain for control of territory in Africa |
| Great Trek | Dutch colonists moving north to escape in South Africa during 1830s |
| Boers | Dutch farmers; took over Africa's land and established large farms |
| Berlin Conference (1845-1885) | agreement among 14 European nations; claim required telling other nations and proving control; only Liberia and Ethiopia were independent of European control; |
| Maxim Gun | invented in 1889; 1st automatic machine gun |
| Social Darwinism | Evolution within society |
| Imperialism | Strong nations seek to dominate |
| Aglo-Persian Oil Company | British corporation; Developed Persia's rich oil fields; |
| Geopolitics | the study of the relationship between geography and politics |
| Crimean War | a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia |
| Suez Canal | a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea |
| Persia | a theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia |
| British East India Company | A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years. |
| "Jewel in the Crown" | Name given to India, because it was the most valuable of all British colonies |
| sepoy | An Indian soldier serving under British command. |
| Sepoy Rebellion/Mutiny | Sparked by false rumors that the rifles that the sepoys used were lubricated with the fat of pigs and cattle, the sepoys revolted. Britain eventually suppressed the rebellion. |
| Raj | British dominion over India (1757-1947) |
| Indian National Congress | A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, appealing to the poor. |
| Muslim League | an organization formed in 1906 to protect the interests of India's Muslims, which later proposed that India be divided into separate Muslim and Hindu nations |
| Bengal | Region of northeastern India. It was the first part of India to be conquered by the British in the eighteenth century and remained the political and economic center of British India throughout the nineteenth century.(812) |
| Pacific Rim | an economic and social region including the country's surrounding the pacific ocean |
| Dutch East Indies Company | Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed. |
| Indochina | a peninsula in Southeast Asia that includes Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos |
| Siam | Thailand |
| McKinley Tariff Act | Act to protect industrialists from foreign competition this raised tariffs to an all time high peacetime rates |
| annexation | the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation |
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