Ch. 24 Flashcards
neo-Europeans
settler colonies with established populations, outlet for population growth
Opium Wars
China and Great Britain trade conflict over opium
Gunboat Diplomacy
threat of military force for economic or political agreements
Global Mass Migration
mass movement of people from Europe
Navitism
policies and beliefs often influenced by nationalism,scientific racism, and mass migration
New Imperialism
drive to create vast political empires
Afrikaners
descendants of dutch settlers in southern africa
Berin Conference
meeting of European leaders to lay basic rules for imperialist competition
White Man’s Burden
idea that Europeans could and should civilize more primitive nonwhite people
Orientalism
a word to describe westerners that misunderstood and described colonial cultures
Great Rebelliion
insurrection by Muslim and Hindu in British army that spread through n. and central India
Meiji Restoration
restoring the Japanese emperor to power
Hundred days of reform
western style of reforms by Chinese gov.