Chapter 20 & 21 Flashcards
Indian rebellion
Massive uprising of much of India against British rule
Cultivation system
System of forced labor used in the Netherlands East Indies in the 19th century
Informal empires
Term commonly used to describe areas such as Latin America and China that were dominated by western powers
Invention of tradition
In many colonial states, a process of forging new ways of belonging and self-identification
Scramble for Africa
Name used for the process of European countries’ partition of the continent of Africa between themselves
Swami Vivekananda
Leading religious figure of 19th century India
Western educated elite
The main beneficiaries in Asian and African lands colonized by western powers
Africanization of Christianity
Process that occurred in non-Muslim Africa, where millions who were converted to Christianity sought to maintain older traditions alongside new ideas
Apartheid
Afrikaans term literally meaning “aparthood”
Edward Blyden
Prominent west Africa scholar and political leader who argued that each civilization has its own contribution
Cash-crop agriculture
Agriculture production often on a large scale of crops for sale in the market
Colonial racism
A pattern of European racism in their Asian and African colonies that created a great racial divide between themselves and the natives
Colonial tribalism
A European tendency to identify and sometimes invent distinct tribes
Congo free state/ Leopold II
King of Belgium. His rule as private owner of the Congo free state
Kristallnacht
“Crystal night”
League of Nations
International peacekeeping organization created after WW I
Manchuko
Japanese puppet state establish in Manchuria
Marshall plan
Huge U.S. government initiative to aid in the post WW II restoration of Europe
Benito Mussolini
Charismatic leader of the Italian fascist party
Rape of Nanjing
The Japanese army’s systematic killing, mutilation, and a rape of the Chinese civilian population
NATO
The North Atlantic treaty organization. Military and political alliance
Nazi Germany
Germany as ruled by hitler and the nazi party
Nazi party
Known as the national socialist democratic worker’s party
New deal
A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration
Nuremberg Laws
Series of laws passed by the nazi dominated German parliament
Revolutionary right (Japan)
Aka Radical Nationalism, movement in Japanese political life
Holocaust
Name commonly used for the nazi germicide of Jews and other undesirables in German society
Total war
War that requires each country involved to mobilize its entire population in the effort to defeat the enemy
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that officially ended WW I
Triple alliance
And alliance consisting of Germany, Austria, and Italy
Triple entente
Alliance consisting of Russia, France, and Britain
United Nations
International peacekeeping organization
Weimar Republic
The weak government that replaced the German imperial state at the end of WW I
Woodrow Wilson
President of the U.S. who was noted for his idealistic approach to the end of WW I
WW I
The “Great War”
A European civil war
WW II in Asia
A struggle essentially to halt Japanese imperial expansion in Asia
WW II in Europe
A struggle to halt German imperial expansion in Europe
Zaibatsu
The huge industrial enterprises that dominated the Japanese economy
Great War
Name originally given to the First World War
Adolf hitler
Leader of the German nazi party
