Unit 5
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| 319578461 | revolution | a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving. Used to over throw a govt. system. | 0 | |
| 319578462 | imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 1 | |
| 319578463 | sepoys | Indian troops who served in the British army | 2 | |
| 319578464 | monopoly | exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices | 3 | |
| 319578465 | modernization | The process of reforming political, military, economic, social, and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies, often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-Western societies. | 4 | |
| 319578466 | Political reforms | Changes made in politics to get rid of political corruption | 5 | |
| 319578467 | capitulations | Agreements with European powers that gave European bankers and merchants unfair advantages in the Empire | 6 | |
| 319578468 | humanitarian values | values that promote better conditions for people throughout the world. the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare. | 7 | |
| 319578469 | "effective occupation" | concept that the European powers agreed to at the Berlin Conference that stated that Europe would wholeheartedly go after colonies in Africa while not allowing one country to monopolize the entire continent. This states that you can't call "dibs" on a territory, you actually have to be there. | 8 | |
| 319578470 | concessions in colonies | Colonies yielding the argument against them. conceding for the imperialists | 9 | |
| 319578471 | colonialism | Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory. | 10 | |
| 319578472 | cash crops | crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit | 11 | |
| 319578473 | business cycle | Recurrent swings from economic hard times to recovery and growth, then back to hard times and a repetition of the sequence. | 12 | |
| 319578474 | extraterritoriality | Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation. | 13 | |
| 319578475 | treaties | formal agreements between nations | 14 | |
| 319578476 | abolition | doing away with; putting an end to [slavery] | 15 | |
| 319578477 | industrialization | the development of industries for the machine production of goods | 16 | |
| 319578478 | social darwinism | Applied Darwin's theory of natural selection and "survival of the fittest" to human society -- the poor are poor because they are not as fit to survive. Used as an argument against social reforms to help the poor. | 17 | |
| 319578479 | sanitation systems | a series of pipes to take dirty water away from houses and businesses, designed to protect public health | 18 | |
| 319578480 | nation-state | An independent geopolitical unit of people having a common culture and identity | 19 | |
| 319578481 | liberalism | an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard | 20 | |
| 319578482 | middle class | A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers | 21 | |
| 319578483 | victorian | a style of architecture characterized by very elaborately designed houses with high porches, tall windows, towers an gingerbread trim | 22 | |
| 319578484 | indentured servants | colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years | 23 | |
| 319578485 | laissez-faire capitalism | an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit with minimal or no government interference | 24 | |
| 319578486 | socialism | an economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all. | 25 | |
| 319578487 | labor union | an organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members | 26 | |
| 319578488 | marxism | The theory created by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels that centers on communism and its inevitability. | 27 | |
| 319578489 | free-trade imperialism | Economic dominance of a weaker country by a more powerful one, while mainting the legal independence of the weaker state. In the late nineteenth cetury, free-trade imperialism characterized the relations between the Latin American republics, on the one hand, and Great Britain and the United States, on the other. | 28 | |
| 319578490 | suffrage | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution giving women the right to vote | 29 | |
| 319578491 | natural rights | the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property | 30 |
