| A | B |
|---|
| imperialism | control by a strong nation over a weaker nation |
| racism | belief tha 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 which the Ottoman Empire halted Russian expansion near the Black Sea |
| Suez Canal | Human-made waterway connecting te 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 |
| annexation | adding of territory |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| scramble for Africa | European grab for African land that began in the 1880s |
| sphere of influence | area claimed as the exclusive investment or trading realm of a foreign power |
