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316952295Apartheid ㆍㆍㆍ White Dominions Boer WarAfrikaans terms literally meaning "aparthood"; system that developed in South Africa of strictly limiting the social and political integration of whites and blacks. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: These all relate to racial profiling and the discrimination of Africans.0
316952296Boer War (1899-1902) ㆍㆍㆍ White Dominions ApartheidFought between the British and Afrikaners; British victory and postwar policies left the African population of South Africa under Afrikaner (British in Africa) control. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: These all relate to racial profiling and the discrimination of Africans.1
316952297Breech Loading Rifle ㆍㆍㆍ Hawaiian Empire White DominionsA firearm in which the cartridge or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel, the opposite of muzzle-loading. These were mass produced and allowed a major reduction in reloading time. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: The Hawaiian Empire would not have had Breech Loading Rifles or White Dominions because they were a non-industrialized empire.2
316952298Charles Cornwallis ㆍㆍㆍ Robert Clive Leopold the II of BelgiumBritish official who reformed East India Company corruption and brought it under the control during the 1790s. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these men had extremely high ranking positions and directly effected colonization in one way or another.3
316952299Hawaiian Empire ㆍㆍㆍ Breech Loading Rifle White DominionsAn Example of a non-Western non-industrial empire that forms on the periphery of Japanese and European empire systems. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: The Hawaiian Empire would not have had Breech Loading Rifles or White Dominions because they were a non-industrialized empire.4
316952300Indian Rebellion (1857-1858) ㆍㆍㆍ Raj LsandhlwanaMassive uprising of much of India against British rule; also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny from the fact that the rebellion first broke out among Indian troops in British employ. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these had to do with political uprisings within colonial rule.5
316952301Lsandhlwana (1879) ㆍㆍㆍ Indian Rebellion RajZulu defeat of a British army; one of the few indigenous victories over 19th century European armies. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these had to do with political uprisings within colonial rule.6
316952302Leopold the II of Belgium ㆍㆍㆍ Robert Clive Charles CornwallisLeopold is chiefly remembered as the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken on his behalf. He ran the Congo brutally extracting a fortune from the Congo, by forcing the population to collect sap from rubber plants. His harsh regime was directly responsible for the death of millions of people. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these men had extremely high ranking positions and directly effected colonization in one way or another.7
316952303Raj ㆍㆍㆍ Indian Rebellion LsandhlwanaThe British political establishment that ruled India after British political conquest, it utilized Indian elites to oversee the day to day administration, and monetary payouts. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these had to do with political uprisings within colonial rule.8
316952304Robert Clive (1757) ㆍㆍㆍ Charles Cornwallis Leopold the II of BelgiumArchitect of the ways in which the Europeans were able to overpower the much larger populations of their colonies. Utilized native troops, who were trained and armed like Europeans, destroyed 50,000 Indian troops. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these men had extremely high ranking positions and directly effected colonization in one way or another.9
316952305Scramble for Africa ㆍㆍㆍ Settler Colonies White DominionsName used for the process of the European countries' partition of the continent of Africa between themselves in the period 1875-1900. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: These all have to do with colonization of foreign lands.10
316952306Settler Colonies ㆍㆍㆍ White Dominion Scramble for AfricaColonies, such as those in South Africa, New Zealand, Algeria, Kenya, and Hawaii, with minority European populations lived among majority indigenous peoples. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: These all have to do with colonization of foreign lands.11
316952307Swami Vivekananda ㆍㆍㆍ Tropical Dependencies Western-Educated EliteHe, among others, attempted to codify the almost infinite variations within Hinduism. This notion was key to the creation of a notion of India. It also began to drive a wedge between South Asian Hindus and Muslims. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these created permanent divisions within different peoples.12
316952308Tropical Dependencies ㆍㆍㆍ Swami Vivekananda Western-Educated EliteWestern European possessions in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific where small numbers of Europeans ruled large indigenous populations. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these created permanent divisions within different peoples.13
316952309Western-Educated Elite ㆍㆍㆍ Swami Vivekananda Tropical DependenciesThe main beneficiaries in Asian and African lands colonized by Western powers; schooled in the imperial power's language and practices, they moved into their country's professional classes but ultimately led anticolonial movements as they grew discouraged by their inability to win equal status to the colonizers (i.e. Gandhi). ㆍㆍㆍ Join: All of these created permanent divisions within different peoples.14
316952310White Dominions ㆍㆍㆍ Settler Colonies Scramble for AfricaA type of settlement colony, such as those in North America and Australia, where European settlers made up the majority of the population. ㆍㆍㆍ Join: These all have to do with colonization of foreign lands.15

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