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Imperialism
Vocabulary Words for Quiz next week
Term | Definition |
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Berlin Conference | is the European nations meet up to divide up Africa into different colonies |
Boxer Rebellion | is the revolt to end the foreign influence in China |
Colony | is an area governed by a foreign nation |
Extraterritorial Rights | are foreigners in China that only had to follow the laws of their own country |
Imperialism | is control by a strong nation over a weaker nation |
"Jewel In the Crown" | its name refers to India as the most valuable British colony |
Meiji Era / Restoration | it is when Japan becomes industrialized and modernized |
Missionaries | is people who spread the ideas of their religion |
Open Door Policy | when it gave all nations trading rights in China |
Opium War | was a war between China and Britain over the sale of the drug Opium |
Sepoy Mutiny | is the rebellion of the Indian soldiers against the British |
Social Darwinism | when Europeans believed that they were superior to non - Europeans |
Sphere of Influence | was an area in which a foreign nations control the trade |
Tokugawa Shogun | is isolated Japan from the outside world |
White Man's Burden | was the idea that Europeans had the responsibility to take care of the non-European in the world |