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WHAP Ch.10 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically but do not settle there |
Scientific Racism | use of scientific theories to support racist attitudes; also, to support the classification of human beings into distinct biological races |
Civilizing Mission | Europeans thought it was their duty to bring civilization to the African people and assimilate them into the culture |
Social Darwinism | idea that rich people are "hard workers" so that's what they will thrive and the poor are "lazy" this is a survival of the fittest idea |
Scramble for Africa | Europeans fight over African colonization and the military force used to dominate them |
Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858 | Massive uprising of much of India against British rule |
Congo-free State | African nation governed by Belgium during colonial times |
Leopold ll | King of Belgium who sent Henry Stanley to Africa. |
Swami Vivekananda | Leading religious figure of 19th century India; advocate of a revived Hinduism and its mission to reach out to the spiritually impoverished west |
Zulu Kingdom | A monarchy in Southern Africa along the coast of the Indian Ocean |
Xhosa Cattle Killing | a large cattle die-off in Africa caused by an European disease |
British Empire | England and its colonies |
French Empire | the dominant power in much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century |
Ethnic Enclaves | locations with a high concentration of one specific ethnicity |
Chinese Exclusion Act | 1882 law that banned Chinese laborers from entering the United States |