AP World History - Strayer Chapter 18 Flashcards

10944567425	European Racism	Europeans began to use scientific methods to back up why they should be in power, Belief that whites are generally just superior	0
10944567426	Scramble for Africa	European countries fought each other for rapid colonization of Africa, used both negotiation and military tactics to win land	1
10944567427	Indian Rebellion	People were protesting the influence of Christianity and military tactics and defending Hinduism	2
10944567428	Congo Free State	took millions of lives of locals by forcing villagers to collect rubber, massive use of forced labor	3
10944567429	Leopold II	Belgian king who ruled the Congo free state	4
10944567430	Cultivation system	Peasants were forced to cultivate specified cash crops and meet tax requirements by the state, helped the Dutch but really hurt the natives	5
10944567431	cash-crop agriculture	production of crops for sale on the global market, such as sugar or coffee, interfered with the production of food crops in the colonies, had many environmental consequences	6
10944567432	Western-Educated Elite	Ability for social mobility and interaction with the government, Africans and Asians who were literate were seen as a lot more valuable and often adopted elements of Western Culture	7
10944567433	Wanijuku	Woman who experienced a changing of times into British control, and although being circumcized, was married and became Christian, further living a Western life	8
10944567434	Africanization of Christianity	African customs merged with Christianity to be more appealing and to involve more mystical practices	9
10944567435	Swami Vivekananda	Influential Indian religious leader who used Hinduism to unite his country and offer a sense of community	10
10944567436	Edward Blyden	Believed that every race had a specific contribution to make, and it was the distinguishing feature between societies	11