58148135 | Cecil Rhodes | He played a major political and economic role in colonial South Africa. He was a financier, statesman, and empire builder with a philosophy of mystical imperialism. | 0 | |
58148136 | Rudyard Kipling | was the author who wrote " White Man's Burden" (1865-1936) | 1 | |
58148137 | Leopold II | was the king of Belgium, colonized Africa, employed Henry Morton Stanley to help develop commercial ventures and establish a colony called the Congo Free State | 2 | |
58148138 | Queen Victoria | was a British Queen where the British empire reached the height of its wealth and power, forced to accept a new, virtually powerless role after the Chartist movement | 3 | |
58148139 | Queen Lili'uakalani | was the queen of Hawaii | 4 | |
58148140 | Theodore Roosevelt | 26th President of the United States, 26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War | 5 | |
58148141 | Charles Darwin | English naturalist. He studied the plants and animals of South America and the Pacific islands, and came up the thoery of evolution | 6 | |
58148142 | Ram Mohan Ray | called the "father of modern India"; among rhe most influential Indian elite; supported some British colonial policies | 7 | |
58148143 | imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other foriegn countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 8 | |
58148144 | Battle of Omdurman | a demonstration of the superiority of a highly disciplined European-led army | 9 | |
58148145 | Suez Canal | connects the Meditterranian to the Red sea; was a crucial part of British communication with India. | 10 | |
58148146 | Panama Canal | The United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. | 11 | |
58148147 | Sepoys | were native indian troops trained and led into battle by the british. | 12 | |
58148148 | Sepoy Rebellion | The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs; led to the establishment of direct British imperial rule in India | 13 | |
58148149 | Boers | Dutch farmers in Southern Africa | 14 | |
58148150 | Great Trek | was s migration of Dutch colonists seeking to escape British control out of British-controlled territory in South Africa during the 1830s. | 15 | |
58148151 | Berlin Conference | was a conference that German chancellor Otto von Bismarck called to set rules for the partition of Africa. It led to the creation of the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium. | 16 | |
58148152 | Maori | the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand | 17 | |
58148153 | Maji Maji Rebellion | Africans believed that if they sprinkled magic water on them then it would turn the Germans' bullets into water. It was an unsuccessful rebellion. | 18 | |
58148154 | Social Darwinism | was the application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies | 19 | |
58148155 | Indian National Congress | A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. | 20 |
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