chapter 24 Flashcards
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| 327659150 | kingdom of Mataram | controlled interior of Java- 17th century, 1670's allowed dutch to expand control over Java | 0 | |
| 327659151 | Sepoys | Indian troops, trained European style, for the French & Brit. | 1 | |
| 327659152 | Raj | brit. political establishment in India | 2 | |
| 327659153 | Plassey (1757) | battle btwn troops of brit.EIC & the Indian ruler of Bengal; Brit victory- control over NE india | 3 | |
| 327659154 | Robert Clive | architect of british vict. @ plassey, established place in Raj. | 4 | |
| 327659155 | presidencies | 3 districs @ Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay making territories by british in India | 5 | |
| 327659156 | Princely states | ruled by Indian princes allied w/ Raj; agents of EIC to make loyalty. | 6 | |
| 327659157 | Nabobs | name for brit. in India to make fortunes of graft & exploitation; returned to Brit. to be rich. | 7 | |
| 327659158 | Charles Cornwalis | brit. official who reformed EIC corruption-1770's | 8 | |
| 327659159 | Islandhlwana (1879) | Zulu defeat of brit. army one of the few indigneus vict. in 19th century E armies. | 9 | |
| 332284856 | tropical dependicies | western europe possessions in africa, aisia, and south pacific where europeans were outruled by indigenous peoples. | 10 | |
| 332284857 | settler colonies | colonies in south africa, new zealand, algeria, kenya, and Hawaii with minoryeuropeans and majority idigneous. | 11 | |
| 332284858 | white racial supremacy | belief in the inherent superiority of whites over the rest of humanity peaked in the period before world war I | 12 | |
| 332284859 | Great trek | migration into the south african interior of thousands of afrikaners seeing to escape british control. | 13 | |
| 332295657 | bohr republics | independent states orange free state and transvaal established during the 1850s in south africa by afrikaners. | 14 | |
| 332295658 | cecil rhodes | british entrepreneur in south africa; manipulated the political situation to get gold and diamonds | 15 | |
| 332295659 | boer war | british vs. afrikaners; british victory & post war policies left africans under afrikaner control. | 16 | |
| 332295660 | James cook | found hawaii 1777- 1779 opens islands to west. | 17 | |
| 332295661 | Kamehameha | hawiian prince; with the british backing he created unified kingdom by 1810 ; promoted entry of western ideas in commerce and social relations. | 18 |