Chaoter 24 Vocabulary for APWH
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| 57949821 | boers | Dutch settlers in Cape Colony, in southern Africa. | 0 | |
| 57949822 | boer republics | Transvaal and Orange Free State in southern Africa, established to assert independence of Boers from British colonial government in Cape Colony in 1850's; discovery of diamonds of precious metals caused British migration into the Boer areas in 1860's. | 1 | |
| 57949823 | boer war | Fought between 1899 and 1902 over the continued independence of Boer republics; resulted in British victor, but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa. | 2 | |
| 57949824 | british raj | British political establishment in India; developed as a result of the rivalry between France and Britain in India. | 3 | |
| 57949825 | Robert Clive | Architect of British victory at Plassey in 1757; established foundations of British Raj in northern India. | 4 | |
| 57949826 | Captain James Cook | Made voyages to Hawaii fromm 1777 to 1779 resulting in opening of islands to the West; convinced Kamehameha to establish unified kingdoms in their islands. | 5 | |
| 57949827 | Great Trek | Movement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of southern Africa to escape influence of British colonial government in 1834; led to settlement of regions north of Orange River and Natal. | 6 | |
| 57949828 | Isandhlwana | Location of battle fought in 1879 between the British and Zulu armies in south Africa, resulted in defeat of British; one of few victories of African forces over western Europeans. | 7 | |
| 57949829 | Mataram | Kingdom that controlled interior regions of Java in 17th century; Dutch East India Company paid tribute to the kingdom for rights of trade at Batavia; weakness of kingdom after 1670's allowed Dutch to exert control over all of Java. | 8 | |
| 57949830 | Nabobs | Name given to British representatives of the East India Company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation. | 9 | |
| 57949831 | Natal | British Colony in south Africa; developed after after Boer trek north from Cape Colony; major commercial outpost in Durban. | 10 | |
| 57949832 | Plassey | Battle in 1757 between troops of the British East India Company and an Indian army under Sriaj ud-daula, ruler of Bengal; British victory resulted in control of northern India. | 11 | |
| 57949833 | Cecil Rhodes | British entrepreneur in south Africa around 190; manipulated political situation in south Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer republics; encouraged Boer War as means of destroying Boer independence. | 12 | |
| 57949834 | Sepoys | Troops that served the British East India Company; recruited from various warlike peoples of India. | 13 | |
| 57949835 | settlement colonies | Areas, such as North America and Australia, that were both conquered by European invaders and settled by large numbers of European migrants who made the colonized areas their permanent home and dispersed and decimated the indigenous inhabitants. | 14 | |
| 57949836 | White Dominions | Colonies in which Europeans settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small number of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest; typical of British holdings in North America and Australia with growing independence in the 19th century. | 15 | |
| 57949837 | white racial supremacy | Belief in the inherent mental, moral, and cultural superiority of whites; peaked in acceptance in decades before World War I; supported by social science doctrines of social Darwinists such as Herbert Spencer. | 16 |
