Studied by 18 people
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
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