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scramble for Africa

scramble for Africa

The European countries’ partition of the continent of Africa (1) between themselves in the period 1875–1900 (1).

Indian Rebellion

1857–1858 (1) Massive uprising of much of India against British rule (1); also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny (1). The rebellion first broke out among Indian troops serving the British (1).

Congo Free State/Leopold II

Leopold II was king of Belgium (1) from 1865 to 1909; his rule as private owner of the Congo Free State is the worst abuse of Europe’s second wave of colonization (1), resulting in millions of deaths (1).

apartheid

The system that developed in South Africa (1) of strictly limiting the social and political integration of whites and blacks (1).

colonial tribalism

A European tendency, especially in African colonies (1), to identify and sometimes invent distinct “tribes” (1) that had often not existed before, reinforcing European idea that African societies were primitive (1).

mit’a

Mandatory public service (1) in the society of the Inca Empire (1). A form of coerced labor (1).

settler colonies

Colonies in which the colonizing people settle with the purpose of territorial occupation (1) rather than the extraction of labor or resources (1). Examples: Afrikaners in South Africa (1), British in Australia (1).

Cartaz

A pass that the Portuguese required (1) of all merchant vessels (1) attempting to trade in the Indian Ocean (1).