a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economicaly, and socially.

the belief that one race is superior to others.

the application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.

a meeting at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa.

British businessman and major supporter of British expansion, who clearly stated his position in his Confession of Faith.

a missionary from Scotland who traveled with a group of Africans deep into Central Africa to promote Christianity.

a newspaper reporter who was hired to find David Livingstone after he had gone missing.

a Zulu chief who used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state.

a Dutch colonist in South Africa.

a conflict, lasting from 1899-1902, in which the Boers and British fought for control of South Africa.

an Indian soldier serving under British command.

the British colony of India - so called because of its importance to the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for finished goods.

an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India.

British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria.

an 1854 agreement between the United States and Japan, which opened 2 Japanese ports to U.S. ships and allowed the U.S. to set up an embassy in Japan.

the period of Japanese history from 1867-1902, during which the country was ruled by Emperor Mutsuhito.

1904-1905 conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries' efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea.

the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.

a military dictator of a Latin American country.

a U.S. policy of opposition to European interference in Latin America, announced by President James Monroe.

an exiled Cuban writer who helped form and lead the revolution that became the second war for Cuban independence.

an 1898 conflict between United States and Spain, in which the United States supported Cuba's fight for independence.

a man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, built in Panama by the United States and opened in 1914.

President Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, in which he declared that the United States had the right to exercise "police power" throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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Gunnels - Ch. 11-12

Imperialism

Question	Answer
imperialism	a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economicaly, and socially.
racism	the belief that one race is superior to others.
Social Darwinism	the application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.
Berlin Conference	a meeting at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa.
Cecil Rhodes	British businessman and major supporter of British expansion, who clearly stated his position in his Confession of Faith.
David Livingstone	a missionary from Scotland who traveled with a group of Africans deep into Central Africa to promote Christianity.
Henry Morton Stanley	a newspaper reporter who was hired to find David Livingstone after he had gone missing.
Shaka	a Zulu chief who used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state.
Boer	a Dutch colonist in South Africa.
Boer War	a conflict, lasting from 1899-1902, in which the Boers and British fought for control of South Africa.
sepoy	an Indian soldier serving under British command.
"jewel in the crown"	the British colony of India - so called because of its importance to the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for finished goods.
Sepoy Mutiny	an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India.
Raj	British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Treaty of Kanagawa	an 1854 agreement between the United States and Japan, which opened 2 Japanese ports to U.S. ships and allowed the U.S. to set up an embassy in Japan.
Meiji era	the period of Japanese history from 1867-1902, during which the country was ruled by Emperor Mutsuhito.
Russo-Japanese War	1904-1905 conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries' efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea.
annexation	the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
caudillo	a military dictator of a Latin American country.
Monroe Doctrine	a U.S. policy of opposition to European interference in Latin America, announced by President James Monroe.
Jose Marti	an exiled Cuban writer who helped form and lead the revolution that became the second war for Cuban independence.
Spanish-American War	an 1898 conflict between United States and Spain, in which the United States supported Cuba's fight for independence.
Panama Canal	a man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, built in Panama by the United States and opened in 1914.
Roosevelt Corollary	President Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, in which he declared that the United States had the right to exercise "police power" throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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