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a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate after countries politically, economically, or socially
imperialism
King of Belgium that seized the Congo in 1879, and used forced labor, excessive tasation, and abuses of the native Congolese
King Leopold II
the belief that one race is superior to others
racism
the application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies-particularly as justification for imperialist expansion
Social Darwinism
the drug that protected Europeans from malaria in Africa, and enabled them to go into the interior of Africa
quinine
a meeting at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa
Berlin Conference
a Dutch colonist in South Africa
boer
the migration of Dutch colonists out of British-controlled territory in South Africa during the 1830's
Great Trek
a conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902. in which the boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa
Boer War
a country or a region governed internally by a foreign power
colony
a country or territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power
protectorate
an area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
sphere of influence
independent but less developed nations controlled by private business interests rather than by other governments
economic imperialism
a policy of treating subject peopleas if they were children, providing for their needs, but not giving them rights
paternalism
a policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs
assimilation
in 1889 he became the emperor of Ethiopia. It was te only African nation to succcessfully resist European imperialism. In 1896, in one of the greatest battles in the history of Africa, the Battle of Adowa, Ethiopian forces successfully defeated the Italians and maintained their independence
Menelik II
a foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands
geopolitics
a conflict, lasting from 1853 to 1856, in which the Ottoman Empire, with the aid of Britian and France, halted Russian expansion in the reign of the Black Sea
Crimean War
a human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
an Indian soldier serving under British command
sepoy
the British colony of India-so called because of its importance in the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods
"Jewel in the crown"
an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India
sepoy mutiny
British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria
raj
the lands surrounding the Pacific Ocean-especially those in Asia
Pacific Rim
ruled the whole island chain of Indonesia, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, the Moluccas and Bali during the imperialistic period from 1850-1914
Dutch East India Company
Emperor Napoleon III ordered the French army to invade southern Vietnam, and later Laos, Cambodia, and northern Vietnam
French Indonesia
the United States acquired the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam as a result of this conflict in 1898
Spanish-American War
leader of an unsuccessful Philippine nationalist revolt against U.S. forces in 1902
Emilio Aguinaldo
the adding of a reign to the territory of an existing political unit
annexation
the Queen of the Republic of Hawaii when it was annexed by the U.S. in 1898
Queen Liliuokalani