Ap world history topic 6

Scientific racism

It is like natural selection it was like use of science to justify beliefs in racial superiority or inferiority.

Social Darwinism

That the industrial power had a responsibility to take care of the non industrial power countries

king Leopold II

A private colony in Africa it was held by king Leopold II he wanted to convert the Congo people to Christianity but that was lie he just wanted to exploited them for rubber

Diplomacy

The act of making political agreement by negotiating and not by war

Berlin Conference

where they negotiated the Africa continent this led to drawing borders this divided ethic groups and brought together rival ethnic groups

Algeria

The french were in debt with Algeria because they supplied the french with wheat the Algeria wanted to get paid so the french sent someone to tell them they needed more time the king of Algeria said no so the french sent armies to attack them

Settler colonial

A colony in which an imperial power claims an already inhabited territory and sends its own people to set up an outpost of their own territory like new Zealand

Penal colonies

exile prisoners and use their labor

Australia

used by the British sent thousands of convicts there

Yaa Asntewaa

The British wanted more land in west Africa the Asntewwa people fought to protect their land from the British but loss because they didn’t have advanced weapons

Cherokee nation

The U.S keep expanding their territory more into the west which led to clashing with native groups so Cherokee wanted to be on the U>S good side so they acted like them but then in America Indian removal act was passed were they kept kicking out natives

Xhosa Cattle killing

The British were claiming more and more land the Xhosa people believed that if they killed the cattle and the British will leave but instead it led to the Xhosa people starving which made it easier for the British to take over

Export Economics

Forced on the export of raw material of goods from distant markets

Plam oil

used for soap in factories in west Africa

Guano

extractions made in Peru and Chile for good fertilizer

Economic imperialism

Act of one state extending control over another state economically

Buenos Aires

British business were interest in extracting and exporting raw mineral.Trading ports in Buenos Aires funded by British firms which increased export in British investment led dependence on British investment.

Cotton

India and Egypt were exported to Britain which made those colonial economics dependent on external demand for those raw material

Irish potato famine

1840 the potato was the main sources of food for peasants when a natural disaster.occur it led a famine so a lot of the Irish migrate

Lebanese diaspora

went to find work in Argentina and Brazil for economic opportunity

Opium war

The Chinese ignore Britain traders the British were angry so they sell opium drugs to Chinese people.after that Britain and china went to war china loss and Britain made china sign a unfair treaty and other industrial states saw this and took advantage of china too.

Gender imbalance

A lot of men migrate so women started to take male roles

Ethnic Enclaves

communities where immigrants from the same country or culture settle together in a new land, preserving their language, customs, and traditions.

Cultural diffusion

happens when people from different cultures interact and exchange things like food, language, religion,or customs.

Nativism

native-born people are superior to immigrants and that immigration should be limited to protect the dominant culture, economy, or identity of a country.

Chinese exclusion act

Native Americas began to resent Chinese immigrants so the congress passed a act which almost banned Chinese immigrants

White Australia policy

The British didn’t like all the Chinese immigrants moving to Australia so the British government introduced a policy almost cut off Asian immigrants