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17 Cards in this Set
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domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
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imperialism
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the application of Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest to the human species and society
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social darwinism
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part of an imperial power most directly controled by a mother/imperialist country
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colony
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country with its own government, but under the control of an outside power
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protectorate
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area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
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sphere of influence
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in Islam, an effort in God'd service
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jihad
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provincial ruler in Ottoman empire
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pasha
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deliberate attempt to destroy an entire religious or ethnic group
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genocide
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special economic rights given to a foreign power
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concessions
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Hindu custom that called for a wife to join her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral pyre (fire)
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sati
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Indian soldier in an army set up by the French or English East India company
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sepoy
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one who governed in India in the name of the British monarchy; representative who ruled one of Spain's provinces in the Americas in the king's name
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viceroy
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Indian tradition of the isolation of women in separate quarters
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purdah
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crops raised to be sold on the world marketfor profit
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cash crop
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difference between how much a nation imports and exports
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balance of trade
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payment for losses in war
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indemnity
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right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation
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extraterritoriality
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