Imperialism
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- Imperialism
- A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially
- Racism
- Belief that one racial group is superior to another
- Social Darwinism
- The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.
- Berlin Conference
- A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa
- Shaka
- Ruler among the Nguni peoples of southeast Africa during the early 19th century; developed military tactics that created the Zulu state.
- Boers
- ..., a dutch colonist in south africa
- Boer Wars
- ..., Wars between the Dutch and British in Africa. A sort of cold war between the two powers. The Dutch wanted slavery but the English didn't, Wars between the Dutch and British in Africa. A sort of cold war between the two powers. The Dutch wanted slavery but the English didn't
- Paternalism
- the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
- Assimilation
- the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
- Geopolitics
- A foreign policy based on consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands
- Crimean War
- a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia
- Suez Canal
- a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
- Sepoys
- indian soldiers
- "Jewel in the crown"
- ..., the British colony of India--- so called because of its importance in the British empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods
- Sepoy Mutiny
- ..., discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858, an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India
- Pacific Rim
- ..., the countries that border the pacific ocean
- Annexation
- ..., The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.