6101519617 | Suez Canal | a canal built in Egypt in the 19th century that made travel between Europe and Asia faster | 0 | |
6101523960 | New Imperialism | the name for conquests by Europe, the US, and Japan in the late 19th and early 20th century | 1 | |
6101529088 | Battle of Omdurman | a battle using rapid filing rifles and machine guns when the British defeated the Sudanese | 2 | |
6101536299 | colonialism | the practice of dominating (economically and possibly politically) to benefit from resources in the region | 3 | |
6101547213 | "scramble" for Africa | a series of conquests of Africa by Europe in the late 19th century | 4 | |
6101556446 | Henry Morton Stanley | a British explorer who helped King Leopold II establish the Congo Free State | 5 | |
6101559747 | King Leopold II | king of Belgium who ruled the Congo Free State | 6 | |
6101562510 | Savorgnan de Brazza | French-Italian explorer who helped establish French Congo | 7 | |
6101565147 | Berlin Conference | a meeting called by Bismarck to set rules for the division of Africa among Europeans | 8 | |
6101567924 | Afrikaners | descendants of the Dutch living in South Africa | 9 | |
6101573027 | Cecil Rhodes | a British entrepreneur who helped establish the colonies of South and North Rhodesia | 10 | |
6101577209 | Asante | an African kingdom who managed to remain independent of European rule until 1902 | 11 | |
6101581584 | Menelik | an Ethiopian emperor who led the nation to defeat Italy | 12 | |
6101593420 | Emilio Aguinaldo | leader of the Filipino rebellion against Spanish rule, which succeeded only to succumb to British rule | 13 | |
6101597700 | free-trade imperialism | taking control of outside regions using economic dominance but not political | 14 | |
6101611915 | Panama Canal | a canal built by the US in Panama to shorten voyages from the US coasts after Panama seceded from Columbia | 15 |
Vocabulary: AP World History Chapter 27 Flashcards
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