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13 Cards in this Set
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Imperialism
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Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another region or country
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Protectorate
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Local rulers left in place
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Sphere of Influence
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An area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges
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Genocide
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A deliberate attempt to wipe out an entire race or religious group
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Cash Crop
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Crops that could be sold on the world market, such as cotton and jute
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Missionaries
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Religious groups of people who travelled in order to spread the ideas of their religion
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Dr. Livingstone
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Best known explorer - missionary, explored Africa
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Henry Stanley
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Journalist who trekked into central Africa to find Livingstone
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King Leopold II
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Privately dreamed of conquest and profit, eventually turned his colony over to Belgian government
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Boers
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Dutch farmers
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Zulus
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Nation in S. Africa, battled Boers in 1830's
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Emperor Menelik II
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Reforming ruler who modernized Europe
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Usman de Fodio
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Leader of west Africa, preached jihad to revive/purify Islam
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