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Apartheid was a... | policy of segregation/discrimination on the basis of race, which became laws |
Nelson Mandela was... | elected as the first Black president of South Africa, and helped to give more freedom and rights to his people. |
The White Man's Burden means... | the white man had a responsibility to colonize and "help" the natives because they were the superior race |
How did cultural attitudes influence imperialism? | The Europeans thought they were superior race and the best civilization. Other races were inferior or of lesser value. |
The 3 reasons the Creoles led the fight for independence in Latin America was...- | to fight for political (more jobs in the government), economic (fair trading/more wealth), and social reasons (to make sure the lower classes didn't take over) |
The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 met... | to "carve" up Africa for the European countries, without the Africans being invited or having say in the matter |
What is imperialism? | the actions by which one nation is able to control other smaller or weaker nations |
The Maya, Aztec, and the Inca all had strong... | architectural skills |
The Aztecs built their capital city on an island... | and called it Tenochtitlan |
Nelson Mandela wanted to... | end apartheid and for ALL South Africans to have equal rights |
The disease that kill a large percentage of the native peoples was... | smallpox |
There are many theories as to why the Mayas... | abandoned their cities |
The Midddle Passage... | was the journey across the Atlantic with Africans, to be sold in the New World as slaves |
The mountainside farming of the Inca was called... | terrace farming |
In the encomienda system, the Spaniards | exploited the natives by making them do hard labor, not paying them and taking their lands |
The Spaniards wanted to get... | gold and riches from the natives; therefore treated them poorly |
"We" are referred to as "Creoles", while... | "they" are referred to as "Peninsulares". |
Mestizos were half Spanish and... | half natives |
Creoles were... | born in Latin America, but whose ancestors were from Spain |
The Columbian Exchange was an exchange of... | goods, ideas, and people between Europe, Africa, and North/South America |
Name 3 technological advances in Tenochtitlan | canals, causeways, and chinampas |