World History II Chapter 14
Terms
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- King Chulalongkorn
- son of King Mongkut; also promoted Western learning and maintained friendly relations with the major European powers
- Muhammad Ali
- an officer of the Ottoman army who seized power and established a seperate Egyptian state
- Henry Stanley
- a young journalist from the New York Herald who was sent to look for David Livingstone in Africa
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
- ruled Mexico from 1829 to 1855; misused state funds, halted reforms, and created chaos
- Monroe Doctrine
- the United States policy guaranteeing the independence of Latin American nations and warning against European intervention in the Americas, made by president James Monroe in 1823
- protectorate
- a political unit that depends on another government for its protection
- sepoy
- an Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the company's interests in the region
- Benito Juarez
- Mexican national hero; brought liberal reforms to Mexico, including separation of church and state, land distribution to the poor, and an educational system for all of Mexico
- direct rule
- colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and relpaced by a new set of officials brought from the mother country
- caudillo
- in postrevolutionary Latin America, a strong leader who ruled chiefly by military force, usually with the support of the landed elite
- Commodore George Dewey
- led the U.S. naval forces to defeat the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay
- indigenous
- native to a region
- Emilio Aguinaldo
- the leader of a movement for independence for the Philippines
- mestizo
- a person of mixed European and native American Indian descent
- imperialism
- the extension of a nation;s power over other lands
- indirect rule
- colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status
- King Mongkut
- promoted Western learing and maintained friendly relations with the major European powers; the king from the movie The King and I
- peninsulare
- a person born on the Iberian Peninsula; typically, a Spanish or Portugese official who resided temporarily in Latin America for political and economic gain and then returned to Europe
- Simon Bolivar
- a member of creole elite from Venezuela, known as Liberators of South America
- creole
- a person of European descent descent born in the Americas and living there permanently
- Queen Victoria
- Empress of India
- David Livingstone
- an explorer who landed in Africa in 1841 and spent 30 years exploring Africa
- Zulu
- people indigenous to South Africa
- annex
- incorporate territory intoan existing political unit, such as a city or country
- Jose de San Martin
- member of the creole elite of Argentina, known as Liberators of South America
- viceroy
- a governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch
- Mohandas Gandhi
- a lawyer who set up a movement based on nonviolent resistance