Chapter 12 Test Flashcards

1
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sphere of influence

A

An area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment of trading privileges

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2
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Shaka Zulu

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Zulu leader

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3
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Elite

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Upper class

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4
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Sultan

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Leader of the Ottoman Empire

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5
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Genocide

A

Wiping out a race of people

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6
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Concession

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Special privileges given to foreign powers

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7
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Sati

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Custom in Hinduism; widow joined her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral pyre

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8
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Trade surplus

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Exporting more than importing

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9
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Trade deficit

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Importing more than exporting

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10
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Indemnity

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Payer for losses in war

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11
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Extraterritoriality

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Right to live under ones own laws in another country

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12
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Sun yixian

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Revolutionary leader in China, established a Chinese republic

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13
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How did industrial revolution contribute to imperialism

A

Nations sought New markets

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14
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Why did many western leaders feel they needed colonies and a global empire

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To strengthen national security

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15
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How did westerners feel about their culture compared to the culture of Africa and India

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That it was better than non westerner cultures

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16
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What were the criticisms of imperialism

A

That colonialism was immoral

17
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imperialism

A

The domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life in another region

18
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What weakened the Asante kingdom

A

Countries wanted to defeat the Asante

19
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What caused Europeans to try to colonize Africa

A

Kind Leopolds colonization of the Congo

20
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What was Ethiopia able to maintain its independence from Italy

A

Their leader, menelik, modernized Ethiopia and defeated Italy in battle

21
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What were the beliefs of the Wahhabi movement

A

To return to the simplicity and purity of Islam

22
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What was the Ottoman Empire falling apart in the late 1800s

A

Because of our nationalism

23
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How did the Turks treat the Armenians

A

Committed genocide against them

24
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How did the British gain control of the Suez Canal

A

They bought shares in the canal from Egypt

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Why did foreign interest increase in Persia
Oil was discovered
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Why were the British able to take control of India
India was not united
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What caused the sepoy rebellion
Laws were passed that ignored Indians religious beliefs
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What were the benefits of British rule in India
A more fair legal system
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What role did education play in the rise of Indian nationalism
Educated Indians demanded self rule
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How did the opium war start
Britain refused China's demand to stop selling opium
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What were the results of the sino-Japanese war
Japan modernized; China remained backwards
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What did the open door policy propose
Having equal access to Chinese trade for European nations and the US
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What were the social Darwinist arguments in favor of imperialism
Europeans thought they had a duty to bring their civilization to other nations
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Why did David living stone what to open the interior of Africa to European powers
To end the slave trade
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Why did Russia want to seize the Bosporus and Dardanelles
To gain access to the Mediterranean Sea