unit 6 terms

imperialism

powerful nations using the natural resources of a weaker country for their own benefit

berlin conference

meeting in 1884 where the leaders of European nations divide and claim sections of Africa

ethnic enclaves

clusters of neighborhoods where people from the same foreign country live

cash crop

agricultural product that is grown for money

Yaa Asantewaa

the Warrior Queen from Ghana who lost to the British in the War of the Golden Stool.

treaty of paris

document that ends the fighting between the Americans and the Spanish during the 1898 Spanish-American War

monoculture

area or nation that relies on only one crop for its economic power

suez canal

vital transportation link completed in 1869

guano

bird droppings mined in Peru and Chile used for agricultural purposes

vietnam

an area in Southeast Asia who had to fight against the French trying to colonize them

great game

nickname for the efforts of Britain and Russia to try to gain control of Afghanistan

missionaries

people who combine conquest and religion as they explore new areas and meet new people.

xhosa

people in Southeast Africa that believed killing their cattle would chase the British away

boxer rebellion

effort by Chinese people to get rid of the Western foreigners

sokoto caliphate

civilization near modern-day Nigeria that used slavery for its economic success, until the British stopped buying them.

afrikaners

name given to Dutch settlers trying to control South Africa

great famine

when 3 million people leave Ireland to come to America

opium war

ongoing conflict between China and Britain that involved an addictive drug

economic imperialism

when a foreign business has great economic power and influence.

banana republics

small Central American countries dominated by foreign countries for their fruit

export economics

when small countries sell their natural resources to big countries for profit

sepoy mutiny

revolt by Indian soldiers trying to overthrow the British

Rudyard Kipling

author whose poem was used to justify imperialism and racism

sierra leone

becomes a free safe haven for runaway slaves in the west coast of Africa in the 1900s

palm oil

product that is harvested in West Africa to lubricate machines and to produce food

rubber

product that European nations are taking from Central and South America to produce tires and shoes

treaty of nanking

agreement that settles the fight between China and Britain and turns over Hong Kong to Britain

David Livingstone

famous missionary who is an anti-slavery advocate. Famous for getting lost and found by Henry Stanley

King Leopold II of Belguim

person whose cruel control of the Congo that is so extreme that his own parliament took away his authority

spheres of influence

area in China that a foreign country dominates and has trade rights to

treaty of waitangi

agreement between the British and Maori natives of New Zealand, where the British claim they will treat the Maori fairly

siam

only country in Southeast Asia that was never totally controlled by a European empire

Indian National Congress

organization of educated people in India who call for self-rule, away from the British

Benito Juarez

president of Mexico in the 1860s and has to fight off the French trying to take over Mexico

taiping rebellion

revolt in 1850s trying to overthrow the Qing Dynasty in China

Tupac Amaru II

native Incan chief who tries to resist the Spanish in the 1780s. His wife warned them, yet they were eventually killed and overtaken by the Spanish

corvee labor

forcing people to work as a form of tax payment, such as the people who built the Suez Canal

sino-japanese war

war between Japan and China that results in Formosa going to the Japanese, and Korea being free of Chinasuda

sudan

country south of Egypt that lost in the Mahdist Revolt against the British in 1898

french guiana

the French used a country in South America to put their prisoners there, famous for the Devil's Island