AP World History Chapter 24 Flashcards

3995586646	1. Boer War	the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa	0
3995586647	2. Captain James Cook	made voyages to Hawaii from 1777-1779 resulting in openings of islands to the West; convinced Kamehameha to establish a unified kingdom in the islands	1
3995586648	3. Partition	a division of property among joint owners or tenants in common or a sale of such property followed by a division of the proceeds	2
3995586649	4. Contested settler colonies		3
3995586650	5. Cecil Rhodes	British entrepreneur in South Africa around 1900; manipulated political situation in south Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer republics; encourages Boer War as means of destroying Boer independence	4
3995586651	6. Impis	the Zulu equivalent to a division in a western army	5
3995586652	7. Ghost Dance	a religious dance of native Americans looking for communication with the dead	6
3995586653	8. Maji Maji	African warriors in German East Africa sprinkled "magic water" on their bodies in hopes it world turn the German bullets into water	7
3995586654	9. Boxer Rebellion	violent movement against non-Chinese commercial, political, religious and technological influence in China during the final years of the 19th century	8
3995586655	10. Great Mahele	Hawaiian edict issued in 1848 that imposed western property concepts that resulted in much Hawaiian land passed to western commercial interests	9
3995586656	11. Bungalow	a small house with a single story	10
3995586657	12. Hookahs	an Eastern smoking pipe designed with a long tube passing through an urn of water that cools the smoke as it passes through	11
3995586658	13. Isandhlwana	Location of battle fought in 1879 between the British and Zulu armies in South Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of few victories of African forces over Western Europeans	12
3995586659	14. true colonies	relied more on agriculture and less on extractive pursuits than the French or Spanish colonies; religious toleration increased relatively rapidly; institutions of self- government increased relatively rapidly	13
3995586660	15. white dominions	colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest; typical of British holdings in North America and Australia with growing independence in the 19th century	14
3995586661	16. James Mill	Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism	15
3995586662	17. Utilitarians	those who hold that an action is right that produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people	16
3995586663	18. Thomas Macaulay	British administrator who brought new school system, wrote "Minute on Education" stating that Indians need to educated in the ways of the British Empire	17
3995586664	19. John Buchau	a doctor and an author who wrote books about Scotland	18
3995586665	20. René Maran	Born in Martinique; author of Batouala- novel that gained massive acclaim; attacked French colonialism and praised African culture	19
3995586666	21. Khoikhoi	any of Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa	20
3995586667	22. Lord Stanley	general who betrayed Richard III, son was kidnapped by Richard to force him to stay loyal but decided to help Richmond	21
3995586668	23. Samory	the founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic state that resisted French rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898	22
3995586669	24. Ahimadou Sekou	West African leader; held back the European advance for decades	23
3995586670	25. Mataram	Kingdom that controlled interior regions of Java in 17th century; Dutch East India company paid tribute to the kingdom after the 1670's; allowed Dutch to exert control over all of Java	24
3995586671	26. Sepoys	troops that served the British East India Company; recruited from various warlike peoples of India	25
3995586672	27. British Raj	British political established in India; developed as a result of the rivalry between France and Britain in India	26
3995586673	28. Methodism	a religion founded by John Wesley; insisted strict self-discipline and a methodical approach to religious study and observance; emphasized an intense personal salvation and a life of thrift, abstinence, and hard work	27
3995586674	29. Evangelicals	fundamentalist Christians who exerted political pressure in the late 1790s and early 1980s; sometimes referred to as the Moral Majority	28
3995586675	30. Jeremy Bentham	creator of Utilitarianism; advocates "the greatest happiness for the greatest number." Used the pain-pleasure litmus test, rather than ideology	29
3995586676	31. Miscegenation	reproduction by parents of different races	30
3995586677	32. White racial supremacy	belief in the inherent mental, moral, and cultural superiority of whites; peaked in acceptance in decades before World War I; supported by social science doctrines of social Darwinists	31
3995586678	33. Assegais	a southern African tree having wood used for making spears or lances	32
3995586679	34. Muumuu	a woman's loose unbelted dress	33
3995586680	35. Haoles	the term often used to refer to whites in Hawaii	34
3995586681	36. Nationalists	believe in uniting people who share a common history and culture	35
3995586682	37. Natal	British colony in south Africa; developed after Boer trek north from cape colony; major commercial outpost of Durban	36
3995586683	38. Boer republics	Transvaal and Orange Free State in southern Africa; established to assert independence of Boers from B colonial government in Cape Colony in the 1850's; discovery of diamonds and precious metals caused British migration into Boer areas in 1860's	37
3995586684	39. Rorke's Drift	1879, 150 welsh engineers hold off 5,000 Zulu warriors	38
3995586685	40. Plassey	battle in 1757 between troops of the British East India Company and an India army under Sirãj ud-duala, ruler of Bengal; British victory resulted in control of northern India	39
3995586686	41. Robert Clive	(1725-1774) Architect of British victory at Plassey in 1757; established foundations of British Raj in northern India (18th century)	40
3995586687	42. Presidencies	three districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay	41
3995586688	43. Prince Kamehameha	fought series of wars backed by British weapons and advisors resulting in unified Hawaiian kingdom by 1810; as king he promoted economic change encouraging Western merchants to establish export trade in Hawaiian goods	42
3995586689	44. Java	a simple platform-independent object-oriented programming language used for writing applets that are downloaded from the World Wide Web by a client and run on the client's machine	43
3995586690	45. Queen Victoria	queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)	44
3995586691	46. Princely states	domains of Indian princes allied with the British Raj; agents of East India Company were stationed at the rulers courts to ensure compliance; made up over one-third of the British Indian Empire	45
3995586692	47. Nabobs	name given to British representatives of the East India Company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation	46
3995586693	48. Lord Charles Cornwallis	reformer of the East India Company administration of India in the 1790's; reduced power of local British administrators; checked widespread corruption	47