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12 Cards in this Set
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Annex |
incorporate a country within a state |
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Egypt |
-part of the Ottoman Empire that sought independence as Ottoman rule declined |
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Muhammad Ali |
an officer of the Ottoman army that seized power and established a separate Egyptian state -he modernized Egypt with reforms |
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Suez Canal |
a canal that connected the Mediterranian and Red Seas, east of Cairo. 1869 -british took interest to Egypt after it was built |
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david livingstone |
an explorer that roused popular interest in Central Africa he disappeared for a while, sparking more interest |
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Henry Stanley |
a young American journalist hired to find Livingstone -had strong dislike of Africa -encouraged British to settle |
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King Leopold II |
kind of Belguim -drove colonization of central America with help from stanley -territories around congo |
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Indigenous |
people native to a region (Zulu people) |
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Boers/ Afrikaners |
descendants of early Dutch settlers -lived in Cape town, Africa - believed in white superiority by god -frequently battled Zulu groups |
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Cecil Rhodes |
influenced British policy -wealthy + owned land -prime minister of Cape colony -removed by british 4 overthrow of SA republic |
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Liberia and Ethiopia |
the only remaining free states |
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Shaka |
Talented ruler of the Zulu and indeginous tribe -under shaka, Zulu were not completely subdued wuntil brits defeated them |
