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865-891 AP Keyterms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Began in 1881, when France moved into Tunis with Bismarck's encouragement. After centuries of neglect, Europeans began to expand their influence into Africa. Soon, it took on a full-fledged land grab in Africa by European Powers. | “Scramble for Africa” |
| 1884–85 regulated European colonization and trade in Africa. | Berlin Conference |
| Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea | Liberia/Ethiopia |
| One of the few regions in Africa unoccupied by the Europeans. | Coptic Christian Kingdom |
| was a powerful state in West Africa in the years prior to European colonization. It was located in what is today southern and central Ghana. | Ashanti Kingdom |
| Indians trained to be British soldiers. | Boers/Afrikaners |
| The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. | Boer War |
| widely credited with transforming the Zulu tribe, from a small clan, into the beginnings of a nation that held sway over that portion of Southern Africa between the Phongolo and Mzimkhulu rivers. | Shaka Zulu |
| founded to defend the rights of the black majority | African National Congress |
| Egyptian ruler who caused Egypt to industrialize. | Muhammad Ali |
| a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea | Suez Canal |
| An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating = when cure was found, Europe could go internal Africa | Quinine/Malaria |
| conflict between tribes. | Intertribal warfare |
| the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between King Léopold II's formal relinquishment of personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November, 1908, to the dawn of Congolese independence on 30 June, 1960. | Belgium – Congo |
| used to describe the rivalry and strategic conflict between the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. | “Great Game” |
| A major mountain range of southeast Europe extending about 563 km (350 mi) from eastern Yugoslavia through central Bulgaria to the Black Sea. Known as the most dangerous place on Earth, due to the presence of many different racial groups in the region. WW | Balkans |
| A member of a Turkish reformist and nationalist political party active in the early 20th century. | Young Turks |
| an Anglo-Egyptian agreement restored Egyptian rule in Sudan but as part of a condominium, or joint authority, exercised by Britain and Egypt. The agreement designated territory south of the twenty-second parallel as the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. | Anglo-Egyptian Administration |
| A leader who assumes the role of a messiah | Mahdi |
| Peace between 1871 and 1914 between European nations. Tensions are rising. | “Long Peace” |
| After the Franco-Prussian War, Bismarck held that Germany was a "satiated state" which should give up ideas of further conquest. Thus Bismarck organized a system of alliances designed to maintain Germany's hegemony on the European continent | Alliance System |
| The Monroe Doctrine had originally been intended to keep European nations out of Latin America, but the Roosevelt corollary was used as a justification for U.S. intervention in Latin America. | Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine |
| major shipping canal which cuts through the isthmus of Panama in Central America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans - US encouraged Panama to rebel to get favorable deal for land | Panama Canal |
| took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. Cuba would be declared Independent in 1902. | Spanish-American War |
| Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy | Jingoism |
| developed countries emphasize individuality and capitalism. Economic prosperity due to industrialization is the key to a nation’s advancement. All countries will naturally modernize. | Modernization Theory |
| less developed nations either intentionally or unintentionally depend on the developed nations for economic support. Some countries will never be able to break out of dependent cycle...modernization theory doesn't apply. Ex. Latin American nations depend | Dependency Theory |
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