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Chapter 24
Question | Answer |
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New Imperalism | the late 19th c drive by Europeans to take over other territori |
Afrikaners | Descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa |
Berlin Conference | meeting in Berlin in 1884 and 1885 between Europeans leaders in order to create rules for the imperialistic competition in Africa |
Orientalism | term coined by Edward Said to describe the way Westerners misunderstood and described colonial subjects and cultures |
White Man's Burden | poem by Rudyard Kipling describing the obligation of Europeans to civilize non-white peoples |
Great Rebellion/Sepoy Mutiny | insurrection by Muslim/Hindu mercenaries in the British army that spread throughout India before being crushed |
Meiji Restroation | the restoration of the Japanese emperor to power which led to modernization in Japan |
Hundred Days of Reform | series of Western-style reforms launched in 1898 by the Chinese government in an attempt to meet foreign challenge |