AP World History Chapter 27 Terms Flashcards

153667002	Suez Canal	Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt, designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882.	0
153667003	New Imperialism	Historians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of of conquests by European powers, the United States, and Japan, which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories for the benefit of the colonial powers.	1
153667004	Franco-Prussian War	a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871	2
153667005	cultural superiority	belief that one's culture is superior. Views held by missionaries and gave excuse to government to control Africa and Asia.	3
153667006	Manifest Destiny	This expression was popular in the 1840s. Many people believed that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This rationale drove the acquisition of territory.	4
153667007	telegraph cables	connected Europe with North America in the 1860s, with Latin America and Asia in the 1870s, with Africa in the 1880s, across Pacific in 1904.	5
153667008	Falciparum malaria	Found only in Africa, deadly to Europeans. Cure (quinine) discovered in 1854.	6
153667009	firepower gap	Invention of machine guns and rifles meant that Europeans could defeat much larger forces--Asian and African forces didn't stand a chance.	7
153667010	Battle of Omdurman	British victory over the Madhi in the Sudan in 1898. General Kitchner led a mixed force of British and Egyptian troops armed with rapid-firing rifles and machine guns.	8