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Imperialism
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Seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country.
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Racism
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Belief that one race is superior to others.
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Social Darwinism
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The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and survival of the fittest to human societies-particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.
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Berlin Conference
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14 European nations met at this conference in 1884-1885 to lay down rules for the division of africa.
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Shaka
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A zulu chief, used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state.
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Boers
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dutch settlers, they gradually took africans' land and established large farms.
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Boer War
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Between the british and the boers was the first modern "total" war. Boers launched commando raids and used guerrilla tactics against the british. British countered by burning boer farms and imprisoning women and children in disease ridden concentration camps.
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Paternalism
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A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights.
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Assimilation
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A policy in which a nation encourages or forces a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs.
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Menelik II
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He became emperor of Ethiopia in 1889. He successfully played Italians, French, And British against each other.
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