Chapter 4-Imperialism Flashcards
Imperialism
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| 257967208 | Social Darwinism | using survival of the fittest as justification to imperialistic countries | 0 | |
| 257967209 | Berlin Conference | Otto von Bismarck called a meeting of European powers to divide up Africa | 1 | |
| 257967210 | New Imperialism | 19th- early 20th century Western Powers' conquests over other countries | 2 | |
| 257967211 | "White Man's Burden" | God sanctioned duty to make other countries as close to the white image as possible | 3 | |
| 257967212 | protectorate | Own Government but the general policies are decided by the parent country | 4 | |
| 257967213 | ideology | theories | 5 | |
| 257967214 | hegemony | one state dominates its allies | 6 | |
| 257967215 | paternalism | controlled in a fatherly way for one's own good | 7 | |
| 257967216 | assimilation | mixing cultures | 8 | |
| 257967217 | indigenous | the group/object/thing/stuff already in a particular place; indigenous population | 9 | |
| 261799037 | nationalism | pride for one's country | 10 | |
| 261799038 | destitute | extremely poor; dire circumstances | 11 | |
| 261799039 | indolent | lazy; not wanting to work | 12 | |
| 261799040 | famine | food shortage that leads to widespread malnutrition and death | 13 | |
| 261799041 | heathen | does not acknowledge the same god as another ex. Hindu vs. Muslim | 14 | |
| 261799042 | indirect rule | local rulers have authority but not a lot in a colony | 15 | |
| 261799043 | direct rule | the mother country controls the colony | 16 | |
| 261799044 | extractive colony | colony that revolves around mining ex. silver, diamonds, gold, rubies, emeralds, etc. | 17 | |
| 261799045 | Boer War | Dutch vs. Britain for control over South Africa; Dutch fought on the Zulus' side to get Britain out | 18 | |
| 261799046 | Sphere of influence | imperial country controls economy of another | 19 | |
| 261799047 | Creoles | descendants of Spanish BUT born in Latin America | 20 | |
| 261799048 | mestizos | Native American + European+procreation= Mestizos | 21 | |
| 261799049 | Monroe Doctrine | Amuuricans said no one who is not from the western hemisphere can mess with their affairs | 22 | |
| 261799050 | Panama Canal | 40mi canal built by Amuuricans to shorten voyages from one side of Amuurica to the other | 23 | |
| 261799051 | Suez Canal | canal that connected the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea; created a muuuuch shorter journey to India. | 24 | |
| 261799052 | Sepoy Mutiny | British were using pig(sacred Muslim animal) fat on bullets=>Hindus and Muslims soldiers revolting a.k.a. mutiny | 25 | |
| 261799053 | viceroy | rep/governor for home country in other occupied countries | 26 | |
| 261799054 | Indian National Congress | movement/political party that wanted greater representation for the Indians with Britain | 27 | |
| 261799055 | Opium War | Britain got Chinese illegally hooked on opium; Chinese wanted Britain to stop giving opium to Chinese people=> China demanded they stop, Britain said no=> war that the Chinese lost | 28 | |
| 261799056 | Tai Ping Rebellion | peasant revolt led by Hong Xiuquan. The goals: give land to peasants,treat women as equal.Got Nanjing. Europeans helped China, stopped rebellion. twenty million killed | 29 | |
| 261799057 | self-strengthening policy | 3 major principles- Nationalism, Democracy, and Livelihood | 30 | |
| 261799058 | Open Door Policy | Equal trade opportunities in Chyna; proposed by Amuuricans | 31 | |
| 261799059 | Boxer Rebellion | Chinese rebellion against foreign intruders | 32 | |
| 261799060 | Kuomintang | or is it Guomindang? anyway....political party founded by Sun Yat-Sen | 33 | |
| 261799061 | King Mongkut | Siam king; promoted western learning | 34 | |
| 261799062 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino independence against Spain; He proclaimed the independence in 1899, but smashed and captured by the Amuurican Army in 1901 | 35 | |
| 261799063 | Rudyard Kipling | British author; lived in India; wrote "Jungle Book" | 36 | |
| 261799064 | Cecil Rhodes | British money person in South Africa | 37 | |
| 261799065 | Muhammad Ali | Albanian soldier for Turkey; made viceroy of Egypt and took control from Ottoman Empire and made Egypt a modern state | 38 | |
| 261799066 | David Livingstone | Scottish missionary/explorer; discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls | 39 | |
| 261799067 | Henry Stanley | British-American explorer; searched for David Livingstone; helped King Leopold II establish the Congo Free State | 40 | |
| 261799068 | Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi | completely against violence; supported Indian freedom; on Indian currency | 41 | |
| 261799069 | King Leopold II | Ruler of Congo; King of Belgium; complete buttface | 42 | |
| 261799070 | Otto von Bismarck | Prussian/German; organized Berlin conference | 43 | |
| 261799071 | Sun Yat-Sen | dedicated to China's restructuring; based party off "3 principles of people" | 44 | |
| 261799072 | Chiang Kai-Shek | General/leader of Nationalist China after 1925. succeeded Sun Yat-sen as Guomindang head, he became military dictator; major goal:crush the commi movement led by Mao Zedong | 45 | |
| 261799073 | Boers | Dutch farmers in Africa | 46 | |
| 261799074 | Zulu | "tribe" of Africa; beat British in 1 battle | 47 | |
| 261799075 | Queen Victoria | queen of Great Britain and Ireland; became ruler of India too...(1819-1901) | 48 | |
| 261799076 | Jose de San Martin | helped liberate Argentina, Chile, Peru from Spain; Fought with Spain against Napoleon | 49 | |
| 261799077 | Simon Bolivar | Venezuelan who helped revolt against Spain; influenced by the original T. Paine | 50 | |
| 261799078 | Benito Juarez | Mex. hero; brought reforms:separation of church/state, land distribution to the poor, and educational system for Mexicans everywhere | 51 |