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Age of Imperialism
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| imperialism | control by a strong nation over a weaker nation |
| racism | belief that one race is superior to others |
| Social sarwinism | use of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution to explain human societies |
| Berlin Conference | meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa |
| Shaka | Zulu chief who created a large centralized state |
| Boer | Dutch colonist in South Africa |
| Boer War | war between the British and the Boers |
| paternalism | governing in a "parental" way by providing for needs but not giving rights |
| assimilation | absorbing colonized people into the culture of the imperialist nation |
| Menelik II | leader of Ethiopian resistance |
| geopolitics | interest in or taking of land for its location or products |
| Crimean War | conflict in which the Ottoman empire halted Russian expansion near the Black Sea |
| Suez Canal | human made waterway connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean |
| sepoy | Indian soldier under British command |
| "jewel in the crown" | term referring to India as the most valuable fo all British colonies |
| Raj | British rule over India from 1757to 1947Pacific Rim |
| Pacific Rim | southeast Asian mainland and island along the rim of the Pacific Ocean |
| King Mongkut | king who helped Siam modernize |
| annexation | addition of territory |
| Queen Liliuokalani | last Hawaiian ruler of Hawaii |
| caudillo | military dictator |
| Monroe Doctrine | U S statement of opposition to European influence |
| Jose Marti | Cuban writer who fought for Cuban independence |
| Spanish-American War | war fought between the united States and Spain in 1898, in which the Americans supported the Cuban fight for independence |
| Emilio Qguinaldo | Filipino nationalist who fought against the Americans |
| Panama Canal | man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Roosevelt Corollary | statement that the united States had the fight to exercise 'police power" in the Western Hemisphere |
| Opium War | war between Britain and china over the opium trade |
| extraterritorial rights | rights of foreign residents to follow the laws of their own government rather than those of the host country |
| Taiping Rebellion | rebellion against the Qing Dynasty |
| Open Door Policy | policy proposed by the Untied states giving all nations equal opportunities to trade in China |
| Boxer Rebellion | rebellion aimed at ending foreign influence in China |