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21 Cards in this Set
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Imperialism
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Is a government policy based on a home country building an empire
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Markets
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Places to purchase finished goods (shoppe, stores)
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Humanitarians
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People who desire social reforms/change for the better
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Sepoys
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Indian soldiers
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Westernize
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To modernize a country
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Partition
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To divide something up
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Indirect rule
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To rule by allowing the colonized people to rule themselves
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Direct rule
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To rule by appointing a governor from the major power
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Assimilate
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To absorb things (culture, language, beliefs)
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Elite
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The upper class
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Isolation
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Kept apart from others
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Fleet
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A group of ships
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Meiji restoration
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A time of power restored to the emperor (japan)
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Subsidy
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A government payment to a nongovernment entity (business)
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Extraterritoriality
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Allowing westerners to live in their own sections under their own laws
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Sphere of influence
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Areas where only certain foreign nations had the right to trade with china
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Self- strengthening
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Regaining power by yourself (China)
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Economic imperialism
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Keeping a country dependent on western nations manufactured goods
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Cash crops
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Crops grown to be sold to others instead of being used by farmers
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Protectorate
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A more powerful nation taking control of a weaker, smaller one to protect it
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Annex
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Taking control of a country by force
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