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Coach DIllon Vocab
Question | Answer |
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What does imperialism mean? | The extension of a nations power over other lands |
What does rough rider mean? | one who is accustomed to riding unbroken or little trained horses |
What does Racism mean? | the belief that race determines a person's traits and capabilities |
What does Protectorate mean? | a political unit that depends on another government for its protection |
What does indirect rule mean? | capital government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status |
What does direct rule mean? | Colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought from the mother country |
What does annexed mean? | incorporated territory into an existing political unit, such as a city or country |
What does indigenous mean? | native to a particular region |
What does Sepoy mean? | an Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the company's interests in the region |
What does Viceroy mean? | a governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch |
What does caudillos mean? | in post-revolutionary Latin America, a strong leader ruled chiefly by military force, usually with the support of the landed elite |
What are cash crops? | a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. |
What are peninsulares? | a person born on the Iberian Peninsula |
What are creoles? | a person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently |
What is a mestizo? | a person of mixed European and Native American Indian descent |