| A | B |
|---|
| imperialism | Control by a strong nation over a weaker nation |
| racism | Belief that one race is superior to others |
| Social Darwinism | Use of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution to explain human societies |
| Berlin Conference | Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa |
| Shaka | Zulu chief who created a large centralized state |
| Boer | Dutch colonist in South Africa |
| Boer War | War between the British and the Boers |
| paternalism | Governing in a "parental" way by providing for needs but not giving rights |
| assimilation | absorbing colonized people into the culture of the imperialist nation |
| Menelik II | Leader of Ethiopian resistance |
| geopolitics | Interest in or taking of land for its location or products |
| Crimean War | Conflict in whic the Ottoman Empire halted Russian expansion near the Black Sea |
| Suez Canal | Human-made waterway connecting the Red and Mediterranean Seas |
| sepoy | Indian soldier under British command |
| "jewel in the crown" | Term referring to India as the most valuable of all British colonies |
| Sepoy Mutiny | Uprising of Indian soldiers against the British |
| Raj | British rule over India from 1757 to 1947 |
| Pacific Rim | Southeast Asian mainland and islands along the rim of the Pacific Ocean |
| King Mongkut | King who helped Siam modernize |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Leader of Filipino nationalists |
| annexation | Adding of territory |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Last Hawaiian ruler of Hawaii |
| colonial rule | Control of one nation by another |
| colony | Area governed by a foreign power |
| convert | To change religion |
| direct control | System of completely governing a colony |
| economic imperialism | Area controlled by private businesses rather than by a foreign government |
| ethnic | related to one particular group or race of people sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like. |
| Filipino | person from the Philippine Island |
| indirect control | System of running a colony in which local rulers have some power |
| missionaries | people who spread the message of their religion |
| protectorate | Area with its own government under the control of a foreign power |
| racist | Belief that one race is superior to another race |
| sanitation | cleanliness |
| scramble for Africa | European grab for African land that began in the 1880s |
| Siam | old name for what is now modern Thailand |
| sphere of influence | Area claimed as the exclusive investment of trading realm of a foreign power |
| Zulu | member of a large nation in southeastern Africa |
