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Imperialism Vocab (AP World History) Flashcards

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9342874967SamuraiLiterally "those who serve", the heredity military elite of the Toklugawa Shogunate0
9342878913Tokugawa ShogunateThe last of the three shogunates of Japan1
9342878914SepoyA soldier in South Asia, especially in service of the British2
9342882042British RajThe rule over much of South Asia between 1765 & 1947 by the East India Company and then by a British government3
9342883765Sepoy RebellionThe revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs; also called the Sepoy Mutiny4
9342886283Indian Civil ServiceThe elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. Originally composed exclusively of well-educated British men, it gradually added qualified Indians5
9342890193Contract of IndentureA voluntary agreement binding a person to work for a specified period of years in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800, mostly Europeans, after 1800 mostly Asians6
9342897214Commordore Matthew PerryA Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars, most notably in the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War7
9342902268Victorian AgeThe reign of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain. Also used to describe the late 19th century society, with it's rigid moral standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class & working-class people8
9342904604Karl MarxGerman journalist and philosopher, founder of the Marxist branch of socialism, he wrote "The Communist Manifesto"9
9342904605AnarchistRevolutionaries who wanted to abolish all private property and governments, usually by violence, and replace them with free associations of groups10
9342909753NationalismA political ideology that stresses people's membership in a nation- a community defined by a common culture and history as well as by territory , force for unity11
9342909754LIberalismPolitical ideology that emphasizes the civil rights, representative governments, and the protection of private property, derived from enlightenment12
9342914896Meiji RestorationThe political program that followed the destruction of Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868, in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization, industrialization, & imperialism13
9342914897Suez CanalShip canal dug across isthmus of Suez in Egypt, designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It's strategic importance lead to the British conquest of Egypt14
9342930922"Scramble" for AfricaSudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in 1880s & 1890s15
9342937999King LeopoldKing of Belgium, active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa and became the ruler of the Congo Free State16
9342940216ColonialismPolicy by which a nation administers a foreign territory an develops it's resources for the benefit of the colonial power17
9342942374Berlin ConferenceConference that German chancelor Otto vov Bismerck called to set rules for the partition of Africa18
9342944912AfrikanersSouth Africans descended from Dutch and French settlers of the 17th century19
9342949904Cecil RhodesA British businessman, mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 189620
9342957145Free-Trade ImperialismEconomic dominance of a weaker country by a more powerful one, while maintaining the legal independence of the weaker state.21
9342957146Panama CanalShip canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by US Army Engineers, it opened in 1914, greatly shortened the sea voyage between the east & west coasts of North America22

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