Chapter 11 Flashcards
The Indian soldier serving under British command
Sepoy
A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights
paternalism
idea that in time, the local populations would become absorbed into French culture
assimilation
a foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands
geopolitics
a conflict, lasting from 1853 to 1856, in which the Ottoman Empire, with the aid of Britain and France, halted Russian expansion in the region of the Black Sea
Crimean war
a manmade waterway connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, which was opened in 1869
Suez Canal
an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India
Sepoy Mutiny
the British controlled portions of India in the years 1757-1947
Raj
British colony of India- so called because of its importance of the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods
jewel of the crown
the lands surrounding the Pacific ocean- especially those in asia
Pacific Rim
leader of the Filipino nationalists
Emilio Aguinaldo
the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit
annexation
last monarch of Hawaii and Hawaii’s only queen
queen Liliuokalani
a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially
imperialism
the belief that one race is superior to others
racism
