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Global 10
Imperialism II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sepoy Rebellion | a rebellion that took place a.a.r.o. a newly released gun whose cartridges were laced with cow and pig fat. |
| Protectorate | a form of imperialism where rulers of a nonindustrialized nation were left in place but EXPECTED to follow Eurpean advice |
| Rudyard Kipling | 1865-1936 English poet who was born in India and wrote White Man's Burden |
| White Man's Burden | a peom written by Rudyard Kipling expressing the subject of colonization & imperialism |
| Scramble for Africa | was the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and partition of African territory by European powers |
| Berlin Conference | a conference of 14 European countries that split up the continent of Africa 1884-1885 |
| Sphere of Influence | area in which an outside power claims exclusive economic privelages;industrialized country controls another country's trading privelages Britain-China |
| British Raj | a British appointed ruler of India; British puppets |
| Cecil Rhodes | British colonial financier and politicial officer in South Africa that supported British imperial interests |
| Mughal Empire (1526-1957) | Muslim Empire that was founded by Babur the Mongol; Mongol expansion:Taj Mahal |
| Sepoy | hired Indian soldiers who served the British Empire; suppose to protect British interests |
| Henry Morton Stanley | funded by King Leopold II to explore the interior of Africa |
| British East Company | a trading coompany that developed in the 1600s; connected Britian with East Asia; made a lot of $ for Britian from Indian goods and controlled trade |
| Nationalism | Extreme pride in one's nation; it can be a mark of a belief in superiority United in a common language, culture, ethnicity and customs young turks- Armenian Genocide Nazis-holocaust |
| Suez Canal | An artificial body of water that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea Connects Europe to Asia Construction started in 1859 and completed in 1869 ( 10 yrs) Britain had made Egypt a protectorate British controlled the suez canal |
| Ottoman Empire | An empire that arose in the 1400's and fell in 1917 (end of WWI) Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it to Istanbul- Basporus and Dardanelles between Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea Islam-Suni- leaders Sultans Sick Man of Europe |
| Armenian Genocide | A time period at the end of the 19th century- early 20th century where an estimated 1.5 million armenian christians were systematically killed 1915- killing squads, massacres, marches, forced starvation as a result of the the sick man of Europe |
| Young Turks | A nationalist group that arose in the Ottoman Empire in the 1900's Wanted political change led a revolution that over threw the sultan |
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