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chapter 27/8
chapter 28 imperialism vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| open door policy | a policy, proposed by the us in 1899, under which all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China |
| extraterritorial rights | an exemption of foreign residents from the laws of a county |
| taiping rebellion | a mid-19th century rebellion against the qing dynasty in china, led by hong ziuquan |
| sphere of ifluence | a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities |
| opium war | a conflict between Britain and china, lasting from 1839-1842, over Britian's opium trade in China. |
| boxer rebellion | a 1900 rebellion in China,aimed at ending foreign infulence in the country |
| imperialism | the seizure of a country |
| david livingstone | missionary from scottland traveled deep into central africa, found dead |
| henry stanly | reporter--->explorer, sparked interest of KING LEOPARD II OF BELGIUM controlled areas of congo, wanted to premote christianty. |
| king leopard II of Belgium | 1908 belgian government took control of the colony(africa). colony became bigger then belgium |
| social darwinism | ideas about evolution and natural selection were applied to human society |
| Berlin Conference | conference to lay down rules for the division of Africa, no african ruler attendend |
| Boer | first europeans to africa, (dutch), gradually took land from africans |
| The boers war | started over the gold rush and dimonds in south africa;blamed the british for outsiders coming, britian won. Boer republics were joining in to a self governing union of south africa |
| Indirect control | united states, pacific islands. existing politcal rulers. locals would be trained under british method of government. then a local govern,ent would govern itself. |
| direct control | france and european countries (paternalism, assimilation, association) |
| paternalism | governed them by providing for these needs but not giving them any rights |
| assimilation | local population would adopt french culture and become like the french |
| association | similar to indirect control, recoginized african institutions and culture but found them inferior |
| geopolitics | interest in or taking land for its strategic location |
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