Ap World Chapter 25 Flashcards

6234692791	sepoys	Troops that served the BEIC, recruited mainly from various warlike peoples of India.	0
6234695969	British Raj	British government in India. They were able to consolidate power because of French and British conflict and rivalry. They also used sepoys and took advantage of the declining Mughal empire.	1
6234698511	Princely States	The Indian princes were allied with the British Raj and were allowed to rule over their domains called the Princely States.	2
6234700318	Charles Cornwallis	Reforms that checked corruption of nabobs	3
6234702785	Tropical Dependencies	Small numbers of europeans directly rule large populations of non-western people.	4
6234706156	White Dominions	Like Canada . A majority of white settlers and a small native population because they have been killed off by disease or intervention.	5
6234709363	Contested Settler Colonies	This is where a balance between native and European settlers exists	6
6234713420	White racial supremacy	The heightening belief that the white race is culturally, morally, and mentally superior to other races. Peaked before world war I	7
6234716257	Boer Republics	After the Great Trek the Boers established two republics, orange free state and travail which had the goal of being free from British influence (Dutch settlers)	8
6234718773	Boer War	Conflict over independence of the Boer republics, ultimately led to British victory and eventually things like apartheid.	9
6234718774	James Cook	Hawaii was opened up to the West by this man. Persuaded local ruler to establish unified kingdom in the islands.	10