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Chapter 25:
Question | Answer |
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Imperialism | When a larger country takes over a weaker country |
Imperialized power | 1. British 2. France 3. England 4. Germany 5. United States |
Imperialized areas | 1. Africa 2. Asia 3. Middle East 4. Pacific World |
Characteristics of Imperialism | 1. Strong army and navy 2. Technology 3. Nationalism |
Reasons for Imperialism | 1. Need for raw materials 2. Places to invest 3. Nationalism 4. Religion |
Justifications of Imperializing | 1. Social Darwinism 2. White mans burden |
Social Darwinism | Survival of the fittest |
White mans burden | Europeans thinking they have the duty to take over less developed areas |
realpolitik | Going to great measures to advance your country |
Colony | Area completely controlled by another power |
Settle Colony | Large numbers of Europeans move and live there |
Dependent Colony | Europeans move in few numbers and use natives to rule |
Sphere of Influence | When a country is controlled economically by another power (China) |
Annexation | Adding an area into an empire |
Trade concession | Unfair trade agreement |
Protectorate | When a countries forgin affairs are controlled by another power |
Empire | A vast area of land controlled by a singular power |
British East India Company | Meddled with Indian Princes affairs, hired Indian Soldiers to fight in their army's |
Dutch East India Company | Made deals with sultans, intervened in wars and hired natives to fight |
British take control of India | 7 years war and battle of palassey * Lack of nationalism in India |
Newab | Ruler of Bengal |
Three Presidencies | Calcutta Bombay Mundus |
Cultural Diffusion in India | * Housing *Clothing *Food *inter-marriage |
Social Reform in India | *British became corrupt *Utilitarianism |
Nabob | British employee of the India Company who exploited the peasants and cheated the company |
Utilitarianism | Ideology that focused on social reform |
Evangelical Movement | Focused on ending racism, spread Christianity |
Medicine | *Allowed wives and children to be brought *allowed advancement into Africa |
Miscegenation | Having relations with someone of another race (prohibited) |
Education | *India- State sponsored by the British -more education better communication and better able to rule themselves *Africa- Largely religious(missionaries) and scattered -not well organized and lacked unity |
Economic propose of Colony | *Raw materials *New markets *Taxes paid to Europeans -head tax -hut tax- ivory, palm oil, or labor |
Treatment of Natives in Africa | Flogged or killed if they didn't meet quotas |
Belgian Congo | Held women and children captive until demand are passed |
Harvested goods | *Coco *Palm oil *Rubber *Hemp |
Isandhlwana | Zulus defeated the British in 1879 |
Guerrilla Warfare | Hit and run tactics |
Natives struggled | Magic potions and religion |
Settler colonies | "European" in nature |
Africa | divided among Europeans |
Mad scramble | Europeans rush to colonize Africa |
Berlin Conference | Europeans divided Africa |
South Africa | 1652: Dutch established ports on the way to the Indies 1800s: British move in 1867: Dimond's and gold was found 1910: South Africa becomes independent 1948: Apartheid is formed |