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20 Cards in this Set
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Imperialism |
Domination over subject lands in the larger world |
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Modern Colonialism |
Refers to the settlement of colonists in new lands |
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Overseas colonies |
Were sources of raw materials : rubber, tin, copper, oil, etc. |
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Suez Canal |
Built by British in 1859 and connected the Red and Mediterranean seas |
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Panama Canal |
Built by the Americans in 1904 and connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
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Omdurman |
British used 20 machine guns and 6 gunboats to defeat a large Sudanese force |
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Sepoy Rebellion |
In 1857, Indian troops rebelled against the British |
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Sati |
The practice of widow burning themselves on their husband's funeral pyre |
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Dutch East Indies |
Valuable for sugar, tea, coffee, tobacco, rubber and tin |
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Burma |
British got this colony in the 1880's |
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Singapore |
Important trade port and base for the British conquest of Malaysia which provided tin and rubber |
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French Indochina |
Modern day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos |
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Ottoman Empire |
By the late 1600's they lost the Caucasus in central Asia, Romania, Greece, and Egypt |
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Muhammad Ali |
Built a powerful army and ruled Egypt from 1805-1848 |
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Capitulation |
Agreements that exempted European visitors from following Ottoman Law |
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Mahmud II |
Ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1808-1839 launched a series of reforms to strengthen his empire |
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Opium Trade |
In the early 1800's the British East Indie Company began to trade this rather than silver for silk , porcelain, and tea |
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Treaty of Nanjing |
Ended the opium war ceded Hong Kong to the British and opened five Chinese ports under British control |
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Taiping Rebellion |
Hong Xiuquan(Chinese school teacher) provided the inspiration and leadership for this rebellion |
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