Chapter 12 Test Flashcards
sphere of influence
An area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment of trading privileges
Shaka Zulu
Zulu leader
Elite
Upper class
Sultan
Leader of the Ottoman Empire
Genocide
Wiping out a race of people
Concession
Special privileges given to foreign powers
Sati
Custom in Hinduism; widow joined her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral pyre
Trade surplus
Exporting more than importing
Trade deficit
Importing more than exporting
Indemnity
Payer for losses in war
Extraterritoriality
Right to live under ones own laws in another country
Sun yixian
Revolutionary leader in China, established a Chinese republic
How did industrial revolution contribute to imperialism
Nations sought New markets
Why did many western leaders feel they needed colonies and a global empire
To strengthen national security
How did westerners feel about their culture compared to the culture of Africa and India
That it was better than non westerner cultures
What were the criticisms of imperialism
That colonialism was immoral
imperialism
The domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life in another region
What weakened the Asante kingdom
Countries wanted to defeat the Asante
What caused Europeans to try to colonize Africa
Kind Leopolds colonization of the Congo
What was Ethiopia able to maintain its independence from Italy
Their leader, menelik, modernized Ethiopia and defeated Italy in battle
What were the beliefs of the Wahhabi movement
To return to the simplicity and purity of Islam
What was the Ottoman Empire falling apart in the late 1800s
Because of our nationalism
How did the Turks treat the Armenians
Committed genocide against them
How did the British gain control of the Suez Canal
They bought shares in the canal from Egypt