| A | B |
|---|
| imperialism | control by a strong country over a weaker nation |
| racism | belief that one race is superior to others |
| Berlin Conference | meeting of Europeans in which they agreed to rules for colonizing Africa |
| Shaka | Zulu chief who created a large centralized state |
| Boers | Dutch colonists in South Africa |
| Great Trek | migration of Dutch colonists out of South Africa |
| Boer War | war between the British and the Boers |
| paternalism | governing in a "fatherly" way by providing for needs but not giving rights |
| assimilation | absorbing colonized people into the culture of the imperialist nation |
| Melelik II | leader of Ethiopian resistance |
| 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 |
| colonialism | Imperialism; act of creating colonies |
| colony | area governed by a foreign power |
| protectorate | area with its own government under the control of a foreign power |
| sphere of influence | area claimed as the exclusive investment or trading realm of a foreign power |
| missionaries | people who spread the message of a religion |
| nationalism | loyalty to a nation or group of people |
