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| imperialism | a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially. |
| racism | the belief that one race is superior to others |
| Social Darwinism | the application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies-particularly as justification for imperialist expansion |
| Berlin Conference | a meeting at which representatives of European colonization of Africa. |
| Shaka | a Zulu Chief |
| Boer | a Dutch colonist in South Africa |
| Boer War | a conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa. |
| Paternalism | a policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving the rights. |
| assimilation | a policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs. |
| Menelik II | emperor of Ethiopia |
| Geopolitics | a foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands. |
| Crimean War | a conflict lasting from 1853 to 1856, in which the Ottoman Empire, with the aid of Britain and France, halted Russian expansion in the region of the Black Sea. |
| Suez Canal | a man made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Sepoy | an Indian soldier serving under British command. |
| "jewel in the crown" | the British colony of India so called because of its importance in the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods. |
| Sepoy Mutiny | an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India. |
| Raj | British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria. |
| Pacific Rim | the lands surrounding the Pacific Ocean especially those in Asia. |
| King Mongkut | King of Siam who modernized the country. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | leader of the Filipino nationalists |
| Annexation | the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. |
| Queen Liliuokalani | took the throne in 1893 who called for a new constitution to increase her power. |
