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The belief of one race to be superior to another? Racism
The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and survival of the fitness to human societies? Social Darwinism
A meeting in 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa? Berlin Conference
Around 1816, a Zulu chief used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state? Shaka
A dutch colonist in South Africa? Boers
A conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control for territory in South Africa? Boer War
Europeans governed people in a parental way by providing for their needs but not giving them rights? Paternalism
It was a French policy based on the idea that in time the local population would adopt french culture and become like the french? Assimilation
Defeated Italy and he made Ethiopia the only African nation that successfully resisted the Europeans? 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 Britain and France, halted Russian expansion in the region 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? Sepoys
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
The British controlled portions of India in the years 1757-1947? Raj
The lands that border the Pacific Ocean especially those in Asia? Pacific Rim
The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit? Annexation
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