Age of Imperialism

Partition

the division of a territory into separate political units

Indigenous

original people or cultures native to a region before outside colonization or settlement

Isolationism

a policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries

Dominion

territory or nation that retains some self-government but is under the authority or influence of a more powerful state

Genocide

the intentional and systematic destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Homogeneous

composed of parts or people that are similar or the same in kind; culturally or ethnically uniform

Imperialism

policy by which a country extends its power over other lands, often through colonization, military force, or economic control

Indian National (movement)

political movement in India working toward self-rule and independence from British colonial rule (often referencing the indian national congress)

Opium Wars

two mid-19th century conflicts (primarily between Britain and Qing China) over trade rights, especially Britain’s opium trade into China, resulted in Chinese concessions to Western powers.

Meiji restoration

The 1868 political revolution in Japan that restored imperial power to the Emperor and launched modernization, industrialization, and centralization to resist imperial domination

Monroe Doctrine

1823 US policy declaring that the western hemisphere was off-limits to further European colonization and warning European powers against interference in the Americans; used later to justify US influence in Latin America

Ottoman Empire

large, mulitethic empire centered in modern Turkey that declined in the 19th century; Europeans nickenamed it the Sick man of Europe, as its power

Spanish-American War

1898 conflict in which the US defeated Spain and acquired territories, marking a new phase of US overseas expansion

Panama Canal

strategic waterway completed by the US (1904-1914) across the Isthmus of Panama that shortened sea travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and increased US strategic and economic influence in the region

Boxer Rebellion

1900 anti-foregin, anti-imperialist uprising in China led by the Boxers, seeking to expel foregian influence; suppressed by an international coalition of foreign powers

Berlin Conference

1884-1885, meeting of European powers to set rules for colonizing africa, formalizing the “scramble for Africa” and partitioning African terrioty without African represtion