| A | B |
|---|
| Berlin Conference | meeting of European powers to set up agreement on claims in Africa |
| Boer War | war between Britain and Dutch settlers of South Africa |
| Young Turks | group who overthrew the Ottoman sultan in 1908 |
| Suez Canal | waterway that links the Mediterranean and Red Sea |
| Sepoy Rebellion | uprising that brought about changes in British policy in India |
| Sun Yixian | organized the Revolutionary Alliance |
| Opium War | began when Chinese officials tried to keep British ships from bringing the addictive drug into China |
| imperialism | the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region |
| protectorate | country with its own government, but under the control of an outside power |
| sphere of influence | an area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges |
| genocide | deliberate attempt to destroy an entire religious or ethnic group |
| trade deficit | a country importing more than it exports |
| indemnity | payment for losses in a war |
| extraterritoriality | right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own country |
| cash crop | product that can be sold on the world market |
| balance of trade | the difference between the values of exports and imports of a country |
