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| 319826970 | Revolution | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed | 0 | |
| 319826971 | Imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 1 | |
| 319826972 | Sepoys | Indian troops who served in the British army | 2 | |
| 319826973 | Monopoly | exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices | 3 | |
| 319826974 | 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 | |
| 319826975 | Political Reforms | Centers on eliminating campaign contributions from corporations and businesses while increasing the level of fairness in determining government grants, purchases, and contracts. | 5 | |
| 319826976 | Capitulations | Agreements with European powers that gave European bankers and merchants unfair advantages in the Empire | 6 | |
| 319826977 | Humanitarian Values | values that promote better conditions for people throughout the world. | 7 | |
| 319826978 | "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 | |
| 319826979 | Concessions in colonies | Colonies yielding the argument against them. conceding for the imperialists | 9 | |
| 319826980 | Cash Crops | crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit | 10 | |
| 319826981 | Business Cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline | 11 | |
| 319826982 | Extraterritoriality | Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country, disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right. (682) | 12 | |
| 319826983 | Treaties | formal agreements between the governments of two or more countries | 13 | |
| 319826984 | Abolition | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | 14 | |
| 319826985 | Industrialization | the development of industries for the machine production of goods | 15 | |
| 319826986 | Social Darwinism | The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle. | 16 | |
| 319826987 | Sanitation Systems | a series of pipes to take dirty water away from houses and businesses | 17 | |
| 319826988 | Nation-State | A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality | 18 | |
| 319826989 | Liberalism | an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard | 19 | |
| 319826990 | Middle Class | A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers | 20 | |
| 319826991 | Victorian | a person who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria | 21 | |
| 319826992 | Indentured Servants | colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years | 22 | |
| 319826993 | Laissez-faire Capitalism | This was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy | 23 | |
| 319826994 | Socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 24 | |
| 319826995 | Labor Union | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer | 25 | |
| 319826996 | Marxism | the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded | 26 | |
| 319826997 | Free-trade Imperialism | Economic dominance of a weaker country by a more powerful one, while maintaining the legal independence of the weaker state. In the late nineteenth century, free-trade imperialism characterized the relations between the Latin American republics. (744) | 27 | |
| 319826998 | Suffrage | the right to vote | 28 | |
| 319826999 | Natural Rights | the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property | 29 |
