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Imperialism |
the extension of a nation's power over other lands |
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direct rule |
colonial government in which local elites were removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought from the colonizing country |
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Afrikaners |
an Afrikaans-speaking person in South Africa, especially one descended from the Dutch and Huguenot settlers of the 17th century |
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indirect rule |
a colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status |
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trade deficit |
the amount by which the cost of a country's imports exceeds the value of its exports |
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extraterritoriality |
living in a section of a country set aside for foreigners but not subject to the host country's laws |
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self-strengthening |
a policy promoted by reformers toward the end of the Qing dynasty under which China would adopt Western technology while keeping its Confucian values and institutions |
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spheres of influence |
areas in which foreign powers have been granted exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading rights and mining privileges |
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Open Door policy |
a policy, proposed by U.S. secretary of state John Hay in 1899, that stated all powers with spheres of influence in China would respect equal training opportunities with China and not set tariffs giving an unfair advantage to the citizens of their own country |
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indemnity |
the payment for damages |