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| 6177993159 | imperialism | europeans coined the term in the 1880s, it made its way into popular speech and writing, it refers to the domination of imperial powers over subject lands in the larger world, these dominations usually came through force of arms, trade, investment, and business activities that allowed them to influence affairs | 0 | |
| 6178010042 | white man's burden | the duty of europeans and euro-americans to bring order and enlightenment to distant lands, the phrase was created by english poet Rudyard Kipling to justify european expansion | 1 | |
| 6178015819 | mughal | the dynasty in india that the east india company took advantage of during its decline | 2 | |
| 6178104184 | sepoy uprising | a revolt against the establishment of direct british rule in india, sparked after they were told to rip the "animal fat" wax paper from cartages, they staged a mutiny, killed their british officers and claimed restoration of mughal authority, they were unorganized and the british had superior tech so they won | 3 | |
| 6178127773 | cawnport massacre | a memorable battle during the sepoy rebellion where the sepoys overcame the british, killed 60 soldiers, 180 civilian men, and 375 women and children | 4 | |
| 6178135700 | berlin conference | created bc of tensions between the european powers who wanted to colonize africa, 1884-1885, 12 european states wre present and the US and ottomans were there too, no africans were present, devised the ground rules from african colonization, each colonial power had to notify the others of their claims and follow up with effective occupation | 5 | |
| 6178156085 | social darwinism | used to explain/justify the success of europeans and their expansion in comparison to the success/development levels of african states, based on darwin's theory of evolution | 6 | |
| 6178164814 | maji maji rebellion | a rebellion in Tanganyika, and east african state, organized by a local prophet to resist colonial rule, 1905-1906, expel germans from east africa, rebels sprinkled themselves with magic water to protect from german weapons, this tactic was ineffective but they also resisted colonial rule by boycotting and making political parties | 7 | |
| 6178179579 | monroe doctrine | a proclamation in 1823 made by the american president warning europeans against imperialism in the western hemisphere, his proclamation served as justification for us intervention in the west's affairs | 8 | |
| 6178188964 | spanish-american war | a war that broke out after a US ship was "sabotaged" by the spanish in the Havana Harbor, the US easily defeated the spanish and took possession of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Phillippines | 9 | |
| 6178198462 | sino-japanese war | erupted in 1894 over the states of korea which had an anti-foreign rebellion, both japanese and chinese armies were sent to restore order, the japanese quickly defeated the chinese naval fleet, japan gained taiwan, the pescadores Islands, and the Liaodong Peninsula | 10 | |
| 6178214273 | russo-japanese war | broke out in 1904, japan and russia both had interests in the same territories, the japanese navy destroyed the russian fleet, japan won, and gained international recognition of its imperial authority | 11 | |
| 6178225472 | indentured labor | laborers that replaced slaves on plantations and as servants, usually recruited from poor and densely populated lands, most came from india, soem from china, japan, java, africa, and the pacific islands, 2.5 million left their homes from 1820-1914 | 12 | |
| 6178236903 | cecil rhodes | went to south africa to relieve his tuberculosis, he supervised african laborers who worked in the diamond fields, he had almost completely monopolized diamond mining in south africa, he also served as the prime minister of the British Cape Colony, he wanted the british to control all of africa from the cape to cairo, he even wanted the british to control all of the world | 13 | |
| 6178238078 | rudyard kipling | an english writer and poet who defined the "white man's burden" as the duty of european and euro-americans to bring order and enlightenment to distant lands, justified european expansion | 14 | |
| 6178238990 | queen victoria | the british queen during early indian colonization, she assigned responsibility for indian policy to the newly established office of secretary of state for india | 15 | |
| 6178239814 | david livingstone | a scottish minister who traveled through much of central and southern africa in search of suitable locations for mission posts | 16 | |
| 6178239815 | henry stanely | an american journalist who went on a well publicized expedition to africa to find livingstone and report on his activities, he was empolyed by king leopold ii of belgium to develop commercial relationships and establish a colony called the congo free state | 17 | |
| 6178239816 | richard burton | and english explorer who traveled to east africa with john speke to find the source of the nile river | 18 | |
| 6178241058 | king leopold ii | the belgian king who reigned from 1865-1909, he employed Henry Stanely to develop commercial relations and establish a colony in the conogo river basin | 19 | |
| 6178242556 | muhammad ali | a leader of egypt who sought to build up the egyptian army, strengthen the economy, and distance themselves from the ottomans, after high taxes led to unrest and military rebellion the british army occupied egypt | 20 | |
| 6178242557 | captain james cook | the british captain who deemed australia suitable for british colonization, he first anchored his fleet in botany bay in 1770 | 21 | |
| 6178244279 | queen lili'uokalani | the last monarch of hawaii, reigned from 1891-1893, soon after she was overthrown by planters and business people, hawaii was annexed by the united states | 22 | |
| 6178244280 | emilio aguinaldo | the george washington of the phillippines, he led the filipinos to turn against the united states invaders, he essentially caused the the bitter conflict between the americans and the filipinos | 23 | |
| 6178246024 | theodore roosevelt | an american president who was very enthusiastic about imperial expansion, he supported a rebellion against colombia in 1903 and helped establish panama, which also gave him the control to build the panama canal to protect american interests | 24 | |
| 6178247598 | count joseph arthur de gobineau | a proponent of scientific racism who took race as the most important index of human potential, he assumed that humans consisted of 4 distinct races, he wrote an essay called the Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races where each of the 4 races had its own peculiar traits, africans; unintelligent and lazy, asians; smart but docile, americans; dull and arrogant, europeans; intelligent, noble, and morally superior to others | 25 | |
| 6178249005 | herbert spencer | an english philosopher who relied on theories of evolution to explain differences between the strong and the weak, he justified the domination of european imperialists over subject peoples | 26 |
