| A | B |
|---|
| imperialism | domination of one country by another through economic, political, and social control |
| colony | territory directly controlled by imperial power |
| sphere of influence | imperial power claims exclusive investment and trading privileges |
| protectorate | nation depends on another country for its protection |
| Social Darwinism | Superior nations spread Western Civilization to the backward countries |
| Rudyard Kipling | wrote the White Mans Burden |
| David Livingstone | Greatest African explorer. 1st non-African to cross African continent |
| London Journal | carried stories of Livingstone's expeditions |
| Sir Henry Stanley | was hired to find David Livingstone |
| Muhammad Ali | independence from Ottoman Empire, modernization of Egypt |
| King leopold II of Belgium | hired Henry Stanley |
| Shaka | "Napoleon of Africa", great Zulu King |
| Maxium | first machine gun |
| Afrikaners | Dutch settlers |
| Boers | Dutch Farmers |
| Great Trek | 10,000 Boers left Cape Town |
| Cecil Rhodes | British Prime Minister of Cape Colony |
| Apartheid | Legal Segregation |
| Robert Clive | Chief official of British East India Co. |
| Black Hole of Calcutta | British POW's suffocated to death |
| Sepoys | Indian soldiers in British Army |
| Queen Victoria | Empress of India |
| Suttee | suicide of a widow jumped on husband's funeral fire |
| Thugs | religious fanatics who strangled victims to goddess Kali |
| Indian National Congress | lead fight for Indian indpendence from England |
| Mohandas Gandhi | leader of the fight for Indian indepence from England |
| Tagore | famous Indian Poet |
| Opium War | British East India Co. traded opium for Chinese goods |
| extraterritoriality | exemption from Chinese law for foreigners |
| Tai Ping Rebellion | bloodiest civil war in history |
| Open Door Policy | USA demanded equal access to trade in China for all nations |
| John Hay | US Secretary of State |
| Empress Dowager Cixi | most powerful woman in Chinese history |
| Henry Puyi | last emperor of China |
| Nagasaki | only harbor in Japan open for trade |
