AP World History - Chapter 24 Vocab Flashcards

225684823	Sepoys	Indian troops, trained in European style, serving the French and British.	0
225684824	Raj	The British political establishment in India.	1
225684825	Plassey (1757)	Battle between the troops of the British East India Company and an Indian army under Siraj-ud-daula, ruler of Bengal; British victory gave them control of Northeast India.	2
225684826	Robert Clive	Architect of British victory at Plassey; established foundations of the Raj in northern India.	3
225684827	Presidencies	Three districts that comprised the bulk of British-ruled territories in India during the early 19th century; capitals at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay.	4
225684828	Princely states	Ruled by Indian princes allied with the Raj; agents of the East India Company were stationed at their courts to ensure loyalty.	5
225684829	Nabobs	Name given to Britons who went to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation; returned to Britain to live richly.	6
225684830	Charles Cornwallis	British official who reformed East India Company corruption during the 1790s.	7
225684831	Isandhlwana (1879)	Zulu defeat of a British army; one of the few indigenous victories over 19th-century European armies.	8
225684832	Tropical dependencies	Western European possessions in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific where small numbers of Europeans ruled large indigenous populations.	9
225684833	White dominions	A type of settlement colony, such as those in North America and Australia, where European settlers made up the majority of the population.	10
225684834	Settler colonies	Colonies, such as those in South Africa, New Zealand, Algeria, Kenya, and Hawaii, where minority European populations lived among majority indigenous peoples.	11
225684835	White racial supremacy	Belief in the inherent superiority of whites over the rest of humanity; peaked in the period before World War I.	12
225684836	Great Trek	Migration into the South African interior of thousands of Afrikaners seeking to escape British control.	13
225684837	Boer republics	Independent states—Orange Free State and Transvaal—established during the 1850s in the South African interior by Afrikaners.	14
225684838	Cecil Rhodes	British entrepreneur in South Africa; manipulated political situation to gain entry to the diamonds and gold discovered in the Boer republics.	15
225684839	Boer War (1899-1902)	Fought between the British and Afrikaners; British victory and postwar policies left the African population of South Africa under Afrikaner control.	16
225684840	James Cook	His voyages to Hawaii from 1777 to 1779 opened the islands to the West.	17
225684841	Kamehameha	Hawaiian prince; with British backing he created a unified kingdom by 1810; promoted the entry of Western ideas in commerce and social relations.	18
225684842	Great Mahele	Hawaiian edict issued in 1848 that imposed Western property concepts that resulted in much Hawaiian land passed to Western commercial interests.	19
225684843	Mataram	Kingdom that controlled interior regions of Java in 17th century; Dutch East India Company paid tribute to the kingdom for rights of trade at Batavia; weakness of kingdom after 1670s allowed Dutch to exert control over all of Java.	20
225684844	Ram Mohum Roy	Western-educated Indian leader, early 19th century; cooperated with British to outlaw sati.	21
225684845	Natal	British colony in South Africa; developed after Boer trek north from Cape Colony; major commercial outpost of Durban.	22
225684846	Nationalism	Political viewpoint with origins in western Europe; often allied with other "isms"; urged importance of national unity; valued a collective identity based on culture, race, or ethnic origin.	23