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21 Cards in this Set
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the difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports
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balance of trade
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1899-1902; a war in which the British defeated Dutch Boers in South aFRICA
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Boer War
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an african explorer and missionary who hoped to open the african interior to trade and christianity to end slavery
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david livingstone
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the young emperor who attempted to bring reform to the qing dynasty
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guang xu
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king of belgium who set off a scramble among european powers for african colonies in the late 1800s
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king leopold II
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the 1899 united states policy demanding open trade in china
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open door policy
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the isolation of women into separate quarters
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purdah
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indian reformer who founded hindu university in calcutta; sought to reform but not replace indian culture
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ram mohun roy
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military leader of the zulu who united his people, setting off a series of wars in southern africa
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shaka
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also known as sun yat-sen; named first president of new chinese republic in 1911
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sun yixian
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a massive peasant uprising against corruption in the qing dynasty; between 1850 and 1864, 20 to 30 million may have perished
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taiping rebellion
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situation in which a country imports more than it exports
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trade deficit
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situation in which a country exports more than it imports
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trade surplus
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scholar who inspired resistance against corruption and european control; began an islamic revival in northern nigeria
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usman dan fodio
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imported western technology setting up factories to make modern weapons
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self strengthening movement
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what developed bc of self strengthening movement?
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shipyards, railroads, mining and light industry
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tribe that traded with europeans and muslims ; controlled several smaller states
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asante tribe
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launched by Guang xu; modernized new laws; reforms effected schools, the military, and the bureaucracy
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hundred days reform
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applied darwin’s ideas about natural selection and survival of the fittest to human societies; millions of non-westerners were robbed of their cultural heritage
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social darwinism
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three principles of the people
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1. Nationalism- getting rid of foreign influence in china
2 Democracy- a representative government 3 Livelihood- economic security for the chinese |
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unequal treaty that forced china to make concessions to western powers
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treaty of nanjing
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