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AP World History- Unit 5 Global Links and Imperialism Flashcards

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5992729989Great GameThe Russian-British rivalry for power in Central Asia0
5992729990ImperialismA country gaining colonies and influence in other places1
5992729991Scramble for AfricaEuropean countries took over most of Africa2
5992730892SepoysIndian soldiers under British employ3
5992730893Sepoy MutinyA sepoy rebellion over Britain making sepoys violate their religion; British soldiers ended it and India became a full colony4
5992730894RajThe colonial government of India5
5992731900King Leopold IIBelgian king who took over Congo6
5992731901Congo Free StateThe Congo colony7
5992733039Berlin ConferenceA conference that set rules for establishing colonies in Africa; led to Europian countries taking over almost all of Africa8
5992733040Abyssinia and LiberiaThe only countries in Africa not taken over9
5992733957Zulu KingdomKingdom on the South African coast of the Indian Ocean10
5992733958Anglo-Zulu WarWar between the Zulus and British; the British eventually won11
5992734672Boer WarsFight between the British and the Afrikaners12
5992735478Roosevelt CorollaryStated that if countries in Latin America demonstrated instability, the US would feel free to intervene13
5992736601Indian National CongressIndian forum that began to rival Congress14
5992736602Pan-AfricanismA developed sense of shared identity and nationalism from Western-educated Africans15
5992737722Export EconomicsColonies that produced goods but sent them to mother countries to sell for a profit16
5992737723Cash CropsProfitable crops such as tea, cotton, sugar, palm oil, rubber, and coffee17
5992737724TeaA cash crop that was introduced from China to Europe and became a profitable crop for the British18
5992738616Cecil RhodesFounder of De Beers Diamonds; investor in a railroad that would go from South Africa to Egypt to connect the British colonies in Africa19
5992738617GoaPortuguese trading post in India20
5992738618PondicherryCity owned by France in India21
5992739784Corvee LaborersUnpaid labor a certain number of days each year22
5992740714Indentured ServantsPeople who agreed to work for a period of years in exchange for transportation to a place23
5992740715Penal ColonyA colony used to excite convicts to; Australia became one24
5992741439MonoculturesA lack of agricultural diversity; badly damaged African soil25
5992741440QuinineMedicine that treats the tropical disease malaria26
5992742210Suez CanalA canal through Egypt built by the French; shortened the route from Europe to Asia27
5992742211Charles DarwinCame up with the theory of natural selection28
5992743178PhrenologistsPeople who studied skull sizes and shapes; claimed Asian, Africans, and Native Americans were less intelligent29
5992743179Social DarwinismBelief that survival of the fittest meant that whites were superior; came up by Herbert Spencer30
5992745475David LivingstoneChristian missionary that went to Sub-Saharan Africa and tried toe end the illegal slave trade31
5992745476AfrikanersDescendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa32
5992746394Xhosa Cattle Killing MovementEvent where the Xhosa killed all of their cattle and crops in the belief that it would cause the British to leave; caused a famine33
5992746395Concentration CampsRefugee camps that were segregated by race34
5992746396Aborigines and MaoriNatives of Australia and New Zealand; most were killed due to disease35
5992747524White Australia PolicyRestricted the immigration of nonwhites to Australia36

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