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Imperialism II

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Sepoy Rebellion   a rebellion that took place a.a.r.o. a newly released gun whose cartridges were laced with cow and pig fat.  
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Protectorate   a form of imperialism where rulers of a nonindustrialized nation were left in place but EXPECTED to follow Eurpean advice  
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Rudyard Kipling   1865-1936 English poet who was born in India and wrote White Man's Burden  
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White Man's Burden   a peom written by Rudyard Kipling expressing the subject of colonization & imperialism  
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Scramble for Africa   was the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and partition of African territory by European powers  
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Berlin Conference   a conference of 14 European countries that split up the continent of Africa 1884-1885  
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Sphere of Influence   area in which an outside power claims exclusive economic privelages;industrialized country controls another country's trading privelages Britain-China  
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British Raj   a British appointed ruler of India; British puppets  
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Cecil Rhodes   British colonial financier and politicial officer in South Africa that supported British imperial interests  
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Mughal Empire (1526-1957)   Muslim Empire that was founded by Babur the Mongol; Mongol expansion:Taj Mahal  
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Sepoy   hired Indian soldiers who served the British Empire; suppose to protect British interests  
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Henry Morton Stanley   funded by King Leopold II to explore the interior of Africa  
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British East Company   a trading coompany that developed in the 1600s; connected Britian with East Asia; made a lot of $ for Britian from Indian goods and controlled trade  
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Nationalism   Extreme pride in one's nation; it can be a mark of a belief in superiority United in a common language, culture, ethnicity and customs young turks- Armenian Genocide Nazis-holocaust  
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Suez Canal   An artificial body of water that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea Connects Europe to Asia Construction started in 1859 and completed in 1869 ( 10 yrs) Britain had made Egypt a protectorate British controlled the suez canal  
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Ottoman Empire   An empire that arose in the 1400's and fell in 1917 (end of WWI) Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it to Istanbul- Basporus and Dardanelles between Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea Islam-Suni- leaders Sultans Sick Man of Europe  
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Armenian Genocide   A time period at the end of the 19th century- early 20th century where an estimated 1.5 million armenian christians were systematically killed 1915- killing squads, massacres, marches, forced starvation as a result of the the sick man of Europe  
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Young Turks   A nationalist group that arose in the Ottoman Empire in the 1900's Wanted political change led a revolution that over threw the sultan  
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