| A | B |
|---|
| Gold | Economic |
| God | Religious |
| Glory | Exploration |
| Ideology | Social-Darwinism |
| Political | Government |
| Singapore | British controlled water route |
| Burma | British controlled land route |
| French Indo-China | French control in S.E. Asia |
| Philippines | US aquire after Spanish-American War |
| Indirect Rule | Local rulers maintain control |
| Direct Rule | Mother country has complete control |
| 1880's | Slavery abolished in major countries |
| Muhammad Ali | Egyptian leader in 1805 |
| 1869 | Suez Canal constructed |
| Algeria | French protectorate |
| Livingstone & Stanley | British explorers of Central Africa |
| Boers | Descendants of Dutch settlers in S. Africa |
| Zulu | Native S. African tribe |
| Great Trek of 1830's | Boer migration to the North |
| Boer Republics | Transvaal & Orange Free State |
| 1899-1902 | Boer War |
| British East India Company | Ruled India early on; Direct Rule |
| Sepoys | Hired Indian soldiers |
| Sepoy Rebellion | Mutiny over bullets greased in animal fat |
| INC | Indian National Congress |
| Sati | Widow burning |
| Mohandas Ghandhi | Indian Nationalist |
| 1839-1842 | Opium War in China |
| Treaty of Nanjing | Treaty ending Opium War |
| Extraterritoriality | Extension of laws outside natural borders |
| 1850-1864 | Taiping Rebellion |
| Treaty of Tianjin | Legalized Opium trade after Taiping Rebellion |
| Open Door Policy | All Western nations have egual trade rights in China |
| Sphere of Influence | Local area of control by Western power |
| Boxer Rebellion | Revolt against foreign influence in China |
| Matthew C. Perry | U.S. flotilla commander who forced open trade with Japan |
| Meiji Restoration | Period of Enlightened rule by Japan's emperors |
| 1894 | Sino-Japanese War |
| 1904-1905 | Russo-Japanese War |
| 1908 | Japanese annexation of Korea |
| Suez Canal | Linked the Mediterranean to the Red Sea |
| East India Company | British corporation that controlled India |
| Shaka | Tribal leader of the Zulus |
| Creole | Locally born decendants of Europeans who became permanment inhabitants of Latin America |
| Peninsulars | Officials who were temporary residnets of Latin America |
| Caudillos | Local militaristic rulers after Latin American independence |
| Sun Yat-sen | Early Nationalist Chinese leader |
| Tokugawa Shogunate | Last warlord dynasty in Japan |
| Manchu Dynasty | Last Chinese Dynasty; Collapsed in 1911 |
| Strait of Malacca | Coveted waterway between Malaya and Sumatra |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War |
| USS Maine | American battleship sunk in Cuba |
| Swahili | Language of the Zulus |
