A | B |
Encounter | term used to describe the meeting between Europeans and Native Americans |
Glorious Revolution | created a Bill of Rights and limited the King of Englands power |
Industrial Revolution | started in England; resources, labor, and capital available |
nationalism | feeling of commitment to a nation or the idea of a new nation |
Garibaldi | Italian nationalist for unification movement |
Bolivar | S. American nationalist for independence and unification |
Ottoman Empire | very diverse empire, nicknamed the "sick man" |
Gandhi | Indian nationalist for independence |
Ireland | location of a mass famine and subsequent migration |
Bismarck | nationalist for unification of Germany |
Congress of Vienna | tried equalize the balance of power after the end of Napoleon's Empire |
L'Ouverture | Haitian nationalist for independence from the French |
Sepoy Rebellion/Mutiny | India's violent response to British imperialist policies |
Boxer Rebellion | China's violent response to British imperialism |
Peter the Great | absolute monarch of Russia who sought to westernize/modernize |
Imperialism | driven foremost by the need for natural resources |
Berlin Conference | a peaceful but thoughtless division of Africa between imperialist nations |
sphere of Influence | imperialist policy of economic control of another area/region |
boycott | method of passive resistance used by Gandhi |
mercantilism | the idea of creating colonies to benefit the mother country during the 1700's |
Louis XVI | executed during the Reign of Terror |
Louis XIV | spent Frances money on extravagance ie) Versailles Palance |
constitutions | establish rules between governments and citizens |
Pakistan | created for Muslims of India |
Exploration | made possible by technologies such as the astrolabe and the caravel |
Absolutism | type of government that is headed by kings and queens with total power |
Enlightenment | period of questioning tradition in favor of government protection of the peoples rights |