chapter 24 vocab- apwh Flashcards
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| 56749289 | Mataram | kingdom that controlled interior regions of Java; dutch east india trading company paid tribute to the kingdom for rights of trade at batavia. | 0 | |
| 56749290 | sepoys | troops that served the british east india trading company | 1 | |
| 56749291 | raj | government of the british east india company; developed as the result of the rivalry between france and britain in india. | 2 | |
| 56749292 | Plassey | Battle between british east india trading company and sirãj-ud-daula, ruler of bengal; victory for british resukted in the control of northern india. | 3 | |
| 56749294 | Robert Clive | Architect of british victory of plassey; established foundations of british raj in northern india. | 4 | |
| 56749295 | presidencies | three districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled british territories; madras, calcutta, and bombay. | 5 | |
| 56749296 | princely states | domains of tindian princes allied with the british raj; agents of east india company were stationed at the rulers' courts to ensure compliance. | 6 | |
| 56749297 | nabobs | name given to british representatives of the east india company; who went briefly to india to make fortunes through graft/exploitation. | 7 | |
| 56749298 | lord charles cornwallis | reformer of east india company administration of india in the 1790's; reduced power of local british administrators; checked widespread corruption | 8 | |
| 56749299 | Isandhlwana | location of battle fought in 1879 between and zulu armies in south africa; defeat for british | 9 | |
| 56749300 | tropical dependencies | small numbers of europeans ruling large population of non western peoples. | 10 | |
| 56749301 | White Dominions | white settlers made up overwhelming majority of population | 11 | |
| 56749302 | settler colonies | settlements both conquered by european invaders and settled by large number of european migrants. | 12 | |
| 56749303 | white radical supremacy | belief in the inherent mental, moral, and cultural superiority of whites. | 13 | |
| 56749304 | great trek | movement of boer settlers in cape colony of southern africa to escape influence of british colonial govt. | 14 | |
| 56749305 | boer republics | transvaal and orange free state in southern africa; established to assert independence of boers from british political government; | 15 | |
| 56749306 | Cecil Rhodes | british entrepreneur in south africa around 1900; manipulated political situation in south africa to gain entry to boer resources. | 16 | |
| 56749307 | Boer war (1899-1902) | fought between british and the boers; resulted in british victory | 17 | |
| 56749308 | James Cook | made voyages to hawaii from 1777-79; resulted in opening of islands to the west. | 18 | |
| 56749309 | Kamehameha | fought wars resulting in unified hawaiian kingdom by 1810 | 19 | |
| 56749310 | Great Mahele | hawaiian edict issued in 1848; much of hawaiian private property sold off to western commercial interests. | 20 |