AP World History Chapter 25 Flashcards

8405238256	Mataram	Kingdom that controlled the interior regions of Java in 17th Century; Dutch East India Company paid tribute	0
8405238257	Sepoys	Troops that served the British East India Company; recruited mainly from various warlike peoples of India	1
8405238258	British Raj	British political establishment in India; developed as a result of the rivalry between France and Britain in India	2
8405238259	Battle of Plassey	Battle in 1757 between troops of the British East India Company and an Indian Army under the ruler of Bengal; Marked the rise of the British control over Northern India	3
8405238260	Robert Clive	Architect of the British Victory at Plassey; established the British Raj in northern India	4
8405308317	Presidencies	Three districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India (Madras, Calcutta, Bombay)	5
8405308318	Princely States	Domains of Indian princes allied with the British Raj; made up of 1/3rd of the British Indian Empire	6
8405308319	Nabobs	Name given to British representatives of the East India Company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation	7
8405340082	Lord Charles Cornwallis	Reformer of the East India Compay administration of India in the 1790s; checked widespread corruption; reduced power of the British Raj	8
8405385376	Ram Mohun Roy	Western educated Indian leader; cooperated with the British to outlaw sati	9
8405440336	Isandhlwana	Location of battle fought in 1879 between the British and Zulu armies in South Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of the few victories of African forces	10
8405440337	Tropical dependencies	Colonies with substantial indigenous population tht are ruled by small European political and military minorities with the assistance of colonized bureaucrats, soldiers, clerks, and servants	11
8405506630	Settlement colonies	Areas conquered by European invaders and settled by large numbers of European migrants who made colonized areas permanent homes and dispersed and decimated the indigenous people	12
8405530845	White Dominions	Colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; native population is reduced by disease and wars of conquest	13
8405573578	White Racial Supremacy	Belief in the inherent mental and moral and cultural superiority of whites; peaked in acceptance in decades before WWI; supported by social darwinists	14
8405629452	Natal	British colony in South Africa; developed after Boer trek north from Cape Colony; major commercial outpost at Durban	15
8405757335	Boer Republics	Transvaal and Orange Free State in Southern Africa; established to assert independence of Boers from British Colonial government	16
8405757336	Cecil Rhodes	British entrepreneur in South Africa around 1900; manipulated the political situation in South Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer Republics	17
8405757337	Anglo-Boer War	Fought over the continued Independence of Boer republics; resulted in a British Victory but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa	18
8405757338	Captain James Cook	Made voyages in Hawaii resulting in opening of islands to the west; convinced Kamehameha to establish unified Kingdoms in the islands	19