WH - Imperialism
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- "Jewel in the Crown"
- Inda was considered the most valuable fo all Britains colonies
- Sepoy Mutiny
- The uprising of the Indian soldiers in the British army
- The Chokwe
- devoted themselves to collecting ivory and beeswax in the Angolan highlands.
- Shaka
- A Zulu chief who used highly disiplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state.
- Raj
- The term for British rule after India came under British control.
- Boers
- Dutch settlers who established large farms on big areas of the southern tip of Africa, Afrikaners
- jamal al-Din al-Afghani
- supported the modernization of Peria, so he was outraged when he found out that Nasir al-din sold a concession to a British company to export Persian tobacco.
- Paternalism
- The policy that said Europeans governed people in a parental way by providing for their needs but giving them no rights.
- Berlin Conference
- The meeting that split Africa between the European countries.
- Boer war
- The war between the British and the Boers in South Africa
- sepoy
- indian soldiers that accompanied British officers.
- Suez Canal
- A canal that was cut through the Isthmus fo Suez for faster transport
- David Livingstone
- a nmissionary from Scotland who in the late 1860's travelled with a group of Africans deep into central Africa to promote Christianity.
- Raj
- British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of victoria.
- Imperialism
- The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country
- Assimilation
- The idea that in time the local populations would adopt French culture and become like the French
- Geopolitics
- An interest in or taking of land for its stategic location or products
- Siam
- present day Thailand
- "Jewel in the crown"
- a name given to India by British.
- Sepoys
- Indian soldiers that were employed and worked for British officials
- geopolitics
- an interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products.
- assimilation
- policy that was based on the idea that in time, the population would adopt culture and become like the french.
- Maxim gun
- was invented in 1884 was the world's first automatic machine gun.
- Crimean War
- The military conflict between Russia and great britain because Britain and france wanted to prevent the russians from gaining control of the Ottoman empire.
- Social Darwinism
- Those who were fittest for survival enjoyed wealth and success and were considered superior to others.
- Suez canal
- canal that was a hand-made waterway that cut through the Isthmus of Suez.
- Menelik II
- An emperor of Ethiopia who successfully played the Europeans and pushed the Italians back.
- Henry Stanley
- Reporter set to find Dr. Livingstone after said to be dead.
- Sepoy mutiny
- an outbreak when soldiers disobeyed and got put in jail.