AP World History 6.6 Flashcards

Colonial Service

Government system for managing colonies and administration

Taiping Rebellion

Massive civil war in China (1850-1864) against the Qing dynasty

slavery

Forced labor system, dehumanizing individuals as property

indentured servants

Workers contracted to serve for a specific period for passage or debt

contract laborers

Workers hired under employment agreements, often exploited

Colonization Society

Organization promoting the settlement of surplus population abroad

penal colony

Settlement used for detaining convicts under hard labor conditions

convicts

Individuals sentenced to imprisonment, often transported for labor

diaspora

Large-scale emigration from a homeland, often involuntary

emigrate

To leave one’s country to settle in another

Great famine

Widespread food scarcity, notably in Ireland (1845-1849) leading to mass emigration