AP World History Unit 6 - Lesson 6.5

Economic Imperialism

the use of economic power to take control over other countries/regions/peoples

East India Company

Joint stock company formed in 1600 to engage in spice trade

Dutch East India Trading Company

Netherlands’ multinational trading company.

Culture System

Implemented by the Dutch in the East Indies, farmers could choose whether to farm cash crops for preform corvee labor

Corvee Labor

Forced labor directed by government, typically for public infrastructure projects

Opium Wars

Chinese government seized British Opium warehouses and outlawed the drug, as a result British waged war and series of conflicts continued

Treaty of Nanking

Agreement to open up trade ports in China, supporting smuggling of Opium from Britain

Spheres of Influence

Exclusive rights for one country over a region of another, such as trade privileges

Banana Republics

Countries under the economic power of foreign based corporations

Spice Islands

Group of islands to the north-east of Indonesia, between Celebes and New Guinea, known for being highly profitable in spice trade.

Gold Coast

Section of the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, Africa.

Pampas

Grass plains in South America.

Opium

Addictive hallucinogenic drug, designed to relieve pain and stress.

Treaty of Tientsin

Political document that opened several new ports for western trade and residence in China.

Open Door Policy

Agreement for equal access to Chinese trade between the U.S, Japan, and European powers.

Plantation Syndicate

Group of British weaving companies who controlled farming in Sudan.

Cocoa

Beans that are source of chocolate.

When was slavery outlawed in British Colonies?

1833

Consequences of cash crops in colonized countries.

Food shortages, drought, and economic instability.

What country replaced Brazil for rubber production, with cheaper labor?

Malaysia.