Imperialism & Resistance

Imperialism

Extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Berlin Conference

A meeting in which European nations agreed on rules for colonizing Africa

Colonization

One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit

King Leopold

Belgian leader who wanted to colonize Africa & took over the Congo

Sphere of Influence

A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities.

Genocide

Intentional extermination of a racial or cultural group

Social Darwinism

Belief that survival of the fittest should determine the course of society

Assimilation

A country forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs.

Ethnic

A group of people who share a common identity.

Scramble for Africa

Rapid invasion of Africa by the various European powers.

Opium War

a conflict between Britain and China over Britain's opium trade in China.

Sepoy Mutiny

an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India

Boxer Rebellion

A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.

Empire

an extensive group of states or countries under a single authority.

Nationalism

A strong feeling of extreme pride in and devotion to one's country or nationality.

Forced Labor

Involuntary work under threat or coercion.

Rule of Occupation

the idea that a colonizing country must actually have roads, soldiers, and a working government in a country before it is considered their colony

Free Trade

the movement of goods and services among nations without political or economic barriers

Malaria

A disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood that is most prevalent in Africa.

British East India Company

A joint stock company that controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 100 years.

Brahmins

Priests at the top of the caste system followed traditionally in India.

Oudh

Rich and historic part of India that saw the passage of the Doctrine of Lapse as a final outrage of British conquest; the seizure of this area under said doctrine was in many ways "the final straw" that led to the mutiny in 1857

Hindustanis

people of Hind area of Northern India, along the plain of the Ganges River.

Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

A trading system in which goods and humans moved between the Americas, Africa and Europe. Provided labor on colonial plantations of the Americas.

Indian Rebellion of 1857

A revolt led by the "Sepoy" soldiers against the British rule in India. Sparked by the use of animal fat in gun cartridges.