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347246723Imperialismthe takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating the political, economic, and social life of the people of that nation0
347246724Social Darwinismthe application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies-particularly a justification for imperialist expansion1
347246725Berlin ConferenceA meeting of which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa2
347246726PaternalismA policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights3
347246727AssimilationA policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs.4
347246728geopoliticsA foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands5
347246729SepoyAn Indian soldier serving under British command.6
347246730TotalitarianismGovernment control over every aspect of public and private life7
347246731BolsheviksA group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia's government in November 19178
347246732Collective FarmsA large government - controlled farm formed by combining many small farms9
347246733Indoctrinationinstructions in the governments beliefs - to mold people's minds (brainwash).10
347246734MilitarismA policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army prepared for war.11
347246735Triple AllianceA military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War I.12
347246736propagandaInformation or material spread - especially the spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause.13
347246737armisticeAn agreement to stop fighting14
347246738Treaty of VersaillesThe peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I.15
347246739League of NationsAn international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations.16
355482611Nationalismlove of country and willingness to sacrifice for it17
355482612EthiopiaThe only African nation to successfully resist the Europeans18
355482613IndiaEngland's prime supplier of raw material during the Industrial Revolution.19
355482614Sepoy Mutiny(1857) Hindus and Muslim sepoys refused to open cartridges that came in paper waxed with animal fat for religious reasons; killed British officers, and proclaimed restoration of the Mughal authority; had different interests, and were crushed by the British20
355482615Indonesiaserved as a source of oil, tin, and agriculture for the Dutch East India Company.21
355482616Singaporelocation of Suez Canal for British. Became one of the world's busiest ports. Colony of Great Britain22
355482617MalaysiaHad large deposits of tin and became world's leading rubber exporter. Colony of Great Britain23
355482618French IndochinaArea where French invaded after the religious persecution of French missionaries.24
355482619PhilippinesLand gained by the United States in 1898 after Spanish-American war. Nationalists of country were against this colonization but were defeated in 1902.25
355482620Hawaiiwas annexed in 1898 in order to sell sugar for greater profits.26
355482621SiamRemained neutral from other imperialists. Under rule by King Mongkut, he established schools, reformed the legal system, and reorganized the government.27
355482622imperialism, militarism, nationalismcauses of WWI28
355482623Triple AllianceAlliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry29
355482624Triple EntenteAn alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI.30
355482625Alliesone side in World War I: Great Britain, France, and Russia, later joined by the U.S.31
355482626Central PowersGermany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire32
355482627March Revolutionoverthrew czar Nicholas and set up the provisional government33
355482628Czar Nicholas IIRussian Czar during WWI; unpopular with Russian people; overthrown in March 1917; executed by Bolsheviks after November Revolution (1917)34
355482629Bolshevik RevolutionThe overthrow of Russia's Provisional Government in the fall of 1917 by Lenin and his Bolshevik forces, made possible by the government's continuing defeat in the war, its failure to bring political reform, and a further decline in the conditions of everyday life.35
355482630communisman economic system in which all means of production - land, mines, factories, railroads, and businesses - are owned by the people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally.36
355482631Communist PartyNew name of the Russian Bolsheviks who dissolved the constitutional assembly in 191837
355482632sovietscouncils representing the interests of workers and soldiers38
355482633LeninRussian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)39
355482634USSRname given to Russia after the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution40
355482635StalinRussian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)41

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