| Term | Definition |
|---|
| David Livingstone | An explorer interested in the tropical jungles of Central Africa. He sent his information back to London during his 30 years there |
| Henry Stanley | New York Hearld journalist sent to find Livingstone, exlpored the congo river in central Africa |
| Imperialism | The extention of a nations power over other lands |
| Suez Canal | This was built to connect the Mediteranean and Red Sea. compleated in 1869 |
| Liberia | The African country that was never conquered due to its status as a U.S. protectorate. |
| Afrikaners | the white minority of South Africa. They had fought with the British and the Dutch. |
| Sepoys | Native Indian troops trained and led into battle by the British. |
| Gandhi | political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule |
| Steve Biko | (1946-1977) An organizer of black consciousness movement in South Africa, in opposition to apartheid; murdered while in police custody |
| Magnificant Cake | The people at the Berlin Confrence taked about how they would spilt up African colonies |
| Social Darwinism | The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. |
| Apartheid | a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites |
| Ethiopia | Only African state to successfully resist European attempts to colonize |
| Cecil Rhodes | an imperialist who wanted a fortune and helped secure British control of South Africa |
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