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13519273568Scramble for AfricaThe European's flurry of colonializations in Africa.0
13519273569British RajThe name for the British government's military rule of India between 1858 and 1947.1
13519273570Leopold IIBelgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain.2
13519273571New ImperialismThe late-nineteenth-century drive by European countries to create vast political empires abroad.3
13519273572Submarine cablesunderwater telegraphic cables, allowed for unprecedented international communication4
135192735731869Suez Canal completed5
13519273574Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellionan 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India6
13519273575Berlin ConferenceMeeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa7
13519273576DynamoA machine that generates electricity8
13519273577Sick Man of EuropeOttoman Empire9
13519273578Taiping Rebelliona mid-19th century rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in China, led by Hong Xiuquan10
13519273579Opium Wara conflict between Britain and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britain's opium trade in China11
13519273580TanzimatA set of reforms designed to remake the Ottoman Empire on a western European model12
13519273581Treaty portsports that must remain open for international trade because of the signing of various treaties13
13519273582Meiji Restorationthe modernization and industrialization of Japan in the 1800's14
13519273583Young TurksYoung rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform15
13519273584ExtraterritorialityRight of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation.16
135192735851853Commodore Perry opens Japan17
13519273586Matthew Perrycommodore of the US Navy who opened up Japan with the Treaty of Kanagawa18
13519273587Treaty of nankinga treaty with Britain and China that gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened 4 cities for trade19
13519273588Russo-Japanese WarWar between Russia and Japan; Japan wins and takes parts of Manchuria under its control.20
13519273589Self-Strengthening MovementA late nineteenth century movement in which the Chinese modernized their army and encouraged Western investment in factories and railways21

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