136372368 | Third World | the less industrialized continents of Asia, Africa and South America | |
136372369 | opium trade | the transportation of the drug from India into China where it was forced upon the populace | |
136372370 | khedive | Egyptian prince | |
136372371 | great migration | the millions of people who left Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries | |
136372372 | swallows | name for Italian farmers who had no intention of settling abroad permanently. | |
136372373 | great white walls | discriminatory practices used by the West to keep Asians out of their countries | |
136372374 | new imperialism | The second wave of Western imperialism, particularly between 1880-1914 | |
136372375 | Afrikaners | descendants of the Dutch in South Africa | |
136372376 | Berlin Conference | A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa | |
136372377 | White Man's Burden | responsibility of the West to introduce to the Third World the advantages of their society | |
136372378 | Great Rebellion | What was a revolt against the British in India in 1857? | |
136372379 | shogun | the hereditary military ruler of Japan | |
136372380 | samurai | the warrior noble class of Japan | |
136372381 | 100 days of reform | radical reform (educational, governmental, industrial, social, industrial, military etce) in China to meet foreign challenge; led by Sun Yat-sen. Failed. 1898 | |
136372382 | Admiral Perry | American naval commander who used military superiority to open Japan to trade | |
136372383 | Qing Dynasty | the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu | |
136372384 | Immigration | people coming into a country | |
136372385 | Emigration | people leaving a country | |
136372386 | Panama Canal | short cut through the Americas in travel from Europe to the west coast of North America | |
136372387 | Suez Canal | short cut through the Arab Peninsula in travel from Europe to the Far East | |
136372388 | Muhammad Ali | Established strong independent Egyptian state ruled by his family. Built strong army, government reformed, improved agriculture and communication | |
136372389 | Hong Kong | island off the mainland of China won by the British as the result of the Opium Wars and the Treaty of Nanking | |
136372390 | Meiji Restoration | the return of the political power of the emperor provided by patriotic samurai | |
136372391 | imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | |
136373604 | Boxer Rebellion | A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country. | |
136386927 | Sun Yat-Sen | Chinese leader who led the revolution against the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty. | |
136386928 | Upper Caste Hindus | In Britain-controlled India, this group had the most advancement opportunities | |
136386929 | Ahmed Arabi | leader of Egyptian nationalist party who best armed resistance to Western Imperialism | |
136386930 | Sino-British War | conflict between China and Britain over the opium trade that ended with the Treaty of Nanking | |
136386931 | J.A. Hobson | The radical English economist that said the motives of the New Imperialism movement had to do with the economy and not principles | |
136386932 | Spanish-American War | War resulting in US acquisition of the Philippines from Spain | |
136386933 | Korea | country colonized by Japan in 1910 | |
136901467 | Sphere of Influence | A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities. | |
139027734 | Boers | early term for inhabitants of South Africa, later to be known as Afrikaners | |
139027735 | Von Treitschke | German nationalist who thought a great country should take land in the 3rd world | |
139027736 | Cecil Rhodes | English businessman who spearheaded the takeover of South Africa | |
139027737 | Battle of Omdurman | major victory for the English in Egypt that resulted in 11,000 deaths for the natives to only 18 losses to the Europeans | |
139027738 | Hindus | Major religion in India. Their higher castes adminstrated India for the British | |
139027739 | Treaty of Nanking | brought Opium Wars to an end and resulted in the takeover of Hong Kong by British | |
139027740 | effective occupation | rule coming out of Berlin Conference that held that a Western country could not control African land unless it settled the land |
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