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hegemony
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term used to describe the concept of dominance, usually militarily, by one country over others
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Cape to Cairo plan
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plan to complete railway to cross Africa south to north by rail. Promoted by Cecil Rhodes
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steam-powered gunboats
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Mode of transportation that allowed the British to infiltrate China and Africa
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maxim guns
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machine gun among the artillery providing the Europeans with an arsenal superior to the rest of the world
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submarine cables
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undersea cables to promote cross-country communication. First laid by the Anglo-French Telephone Company in 1850 across the English channel
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Sepoy Revolt
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1857 rebellion of Indian soldiers, joined by disgruntled local elites and unhappy peasants. British officers were slaughtered nearly driving the British out of India.
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VOC (Dutch East India Company)
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British controlled, established ports along coasts of India to garner and warehouse goods between Britain and East Asia including pepper, spices, Chinese silk and porcelain as well as coffee, tea, and opium
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Livingstone and Stanley
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Scottish missionary who scouted southern and central Africa
American journalist hunting for the "lost" Scottish missionary to produce a news story |
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Boer War (South African War)
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1899-1902 - brutal conflict between whites and whites, in which white and black Africans died by the thousands. The Afrikaners were defeated and the British government had reconstituted the four Afrikaner colonies as provinces. Led to support of white privilege as an attempt for British to repair damage.
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Maoris
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indigenous peoples of New Zealand
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Panama Canal
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completed in 1914, enabled naval vessels to move rapidly between oceans while lowering the cost of trade
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Roosevelt Corollary
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added to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904 stating the United States' right to intervene in the domestic affairs of nations within its hemisphere, if those nations were unable to maintain the necessary security to protect U.S. economic interests
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Cecil Rhodes
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He was prime minister of Cape Colony (1890–96) and organizer of the giant diamond-mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. (1888)
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civilizing mission
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white man's burden - attitude taken on by Europeans and the U.S. in efforts to civilize and Christianize in Africa and the Philippines. Used as a cultural justification for colonialism and imperialism.
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Social Darwinism
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"survival of the fittest" logic used to justify imperialism as the inevitable results of "natural principles"
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breech-loading rifles
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firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel; the opposite of muzzle-loading
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Battle of Omdurman
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(Sept. 2, 1898), decisive military engagement in which Anglo-Egyptian forces, under Major General Sir Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener), defeated the forces of the Mahdist leader 'Abd Allah and thereby won Sudanese territory that the Mahdists had dominated since 1881
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BEIC (Brit. East India Co.)
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company allowing British control of India through mercantile activities. Established ports along the coast to garner and warehouse goods moving back and forth between Britain and East Asia; pepper, spices, Chinese silk, porcelain, coffee, tea, opium
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the Great Game
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spying, mapping, and exploration of lands previously uncharted in the hopes of gaining influence and intelligence in central Asia
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French Indochina
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comprised of the French colony of Cochin China and the French protectorates of Tonkin, Annam, Laos, and Cambodia (Cochin China, Tonkin, and Annam were later united to form Vietnam)
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Suez Canal
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large artificial canal in Egypt, west of the Sinai Peninsula
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Queen Lili'uokalani
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last reigning monarch of Hawaii forced to give up her thrown in 1898 when Hawaii was annexed by the U.S.
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Indian National Congress
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vocal, powerful organization against colonial policy founded based on the Enlightenment by elite Hindus and Muslims.
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Monroe Doctrine
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Document made in 1823 articulating the U.S. position that all of the Americas were a protectorate and throughout most of the nineteenth century the U.S. exercised informal control of the Americas
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Russo-Japanese War
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(1904-1905) war in which the Japanese defeated the Russians, gaining additional territory in Russian east Asia including major economic interests in Manchuria. Gained Japanese recognition as a major imperial power.
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