| A | B |
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| imperialism | the intent of dominating the political, economic, and social life of the people of that nation |
| racism | the idea that one race is superior to others |
| Social Darwinism | ideas about evolution and survival of the fittest |
| Berlin Conference | 1884-1885, 14 European nations met to lay down rules for the division of Africa |
| Boers | Dutch settlers in the Cape of Good hope on the Southern tip of Africa |
| Great Trek | to escape the British, several thousand Boers began to move north |
| Boer War | between the British and the Boers was the first modern "total" war |
| paternalism | Europeans governed people in a fatherly way by providing for their needs but not giving them any rights |
| assimilation | the idea that the local populations would become absorbed into French culture |
| Crimean War | war between the Russians and the Ottomans that started in 1853, the Russians wanted to gain back the Black Sea |
| Suez Canal | this was a man made waterway that cut through the isthmus of Suez |
| "jewel of the crown" | India was the most valuable of all Britain's colonies |
| Sepoy Mutiny | an uprising spread over much of Northern India because the British had packaged ammunition need by the Indians in pork fat. Pork was sacred to the Indians, so they were unable to use the ammunition. |
| Pacific Rim | western nations desired lands here because of their strategic ocation along the sea route to China |
| King Mongkut | he was responsible for mondernizing Siam |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | leader of the Filipino nationalists, he claimed that the US promised immediate independence after the Spanish American War ended, the nationalists declared independence and established the Philippine Republic |
| annexation | the adding of the territory to your nation or empire |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Hawaiian ruler who took the throne in 1893, to prevent her from taking more power, a group of American businessmen plotted to overthrow her |
