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Sexton chapter 12
Bellevue West Chapter 12
Question | Answer |
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Imperialism | Domination by one country of the political, economis, or cultural life of another country or region |
Protectorate | Country with its own government but under the control of an outside power |
Sphere of influence | Area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges |
Jihad | In Islam, an effort in God's service |
Missionary | Someone sent on a religious mission |
Elite | Upper class |
Pasha | Provincial ruler in the Ottoman Empire |
Genocide | Delliberate attempt to destroy an entire religious or ethnic group |
Concession | Special economic rights given to a forgien power |
Sati | Hindu custom that called for a wife to join her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral fire |
Sepoys | Indian soldier in an army set up by the french or English East India company |
Viceroy | representative who ruled one of Spain's province in the Americas in the king's name, one who governed in India in the name of the British monarch |
Deforestation | The destruction of forest land |
Purdah | The isolation of women in seperate quarters |
Trade surplus | Situation in which a country exports more than it imports |
Trade deficit | Situatuion in which a country imports more than it exports |
Indemnity | payment for losses in war |
Extraterritoriality | Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation |