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U7P3 Euro

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Adowa   battle in which Italy lost 6,000 soldiers to Ethiopians in 1894  
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the civilizing mission   the French concept that said it was their duty to spread French culture to "inferior" peoples  
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the White Man's Burden   the British concept that said it was their duty to spread British culture to "inferior" peoples  
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Rudyard Kipling   British poet who popularized the notion of the White Man's Burden  
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J A Hobson   British critic of imperialism; said rush to acquire colonies was due to capitalism’s need to invest surplus money  
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Joseph Conrad   author whose Heart of Darkness criticized European greed and racism  
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opium   product grown in India that reversed the balance of trade between Britain and China  
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Scramble for Africa   The European takeover of the rest of the African continent from 1882-1900  
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Cecil Rhodes   British imperialist in Africa; established diamond trade and gold mines  
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King Leopold II   king of Belgium who conquered and exploited Congo for rubber wealth  
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Berlin Conference   International conference on Africa that established the principle of “effective occupation”  
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Great (Sepoy) Rebellion of 1857   last traditional rebellion against British rule in India  
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Meiji Restoration   period in which Japan modernized along western lines  
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Old imperialism   focused on the Americas; roughly 1492-1700  
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New imperialism   focused on Africa and Asia; roughly 1870-1914  
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breech-loading rifle   weapon which you arm from the rear, allowing for faster reloading  
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quinine   natural chemical used to treat malaria  
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Fashoda incident   confrontation between French and British over Nile River's source; caused war scare in Europe in 1898  
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Lenin   Russian critic of imperialism; said rush to acquire colonies was due to capitalism’s need to invest surplus money  
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orientalism   term for the inaccurate and often racist stereotypes of colonized peoples  
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