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Imperialism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports. | Balance of Trade |
| Domination of one country by the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region. | Imperialism |
| Mutual dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world. | Interdependence |
| Policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver. | Mercantilism |
| Someone sent on a religious mission. | Missionary |
| Building a stable government while developing a country economically. | Modernization |
| To divide. | Partition |
| Applied the idea of survival of the fittest to war and economic competition; belief that some races were more “fit” than others. | Social Darwinism |
| Situation in which a country imports more than it exports. | Trade Deficit |
| Adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture. | Westernization |
| European leaders met to set up rules for colonizing Africa. | Berlin Conference |
| The idea that it is the responsibility of people of European descent to take care of people of other races due to their perceived superior culture, technology, government, etc.. | White Man's Burden |
| Group formed by Hindu nationalist leaders of India in the late 1800’s to gain greater democracy and eventual self-rule. | Indian National Congress |
| Group formed by the Muslims in India in the early 1900’s to protect Muslim interests. | Muslim League |
| A mutiny fought by Indian soldiers against British rule in India in the mid 1800’s. | Sepoy Rebellion |
| Indian soldier in an army set up by the French or English East India company. | Sepoy |
| An uprising in 1900 in which a group known as the Boxers assaulted foreigners across China to drive out their un-Chinese ways. | Boxer Rebellion |
| Narcotic originating from poppy seeds. | Opium |
| Conflict between Britain and China in 1839 over the Opium trade. | Opium Wars |
| Area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges. | Sphere of Influence |
| Dutch farmers who settled in southern Africa. Also referred to as Afrikaners. | Boers |
| Conflict from 1899-1902 between the British and Boers over the gold and diamond mines of southern Africa. | Boer War |
| British imperialist who represented Great Britain in southern Africa. Made a fortune from the control of diamond mines. | Cecil Rhodes |
| Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation. | Extraterritoriality |
| A treaty forced upon a country being dominated by another during Imperialism. | Unequal Treaty |
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