Chapter 23 Flashcards

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Congress of Vienna

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aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, where France wasn’t punished very harshly.

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Count Camillo di Cavour and Italian Unification

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  • formed alliance with France so he could attack Austrian controls of the Northern Italian provinces in 1858, war leading to more nationalist rebellions in Italy until the peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese King, reducing the power of the Pope.
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Maoris

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native peoples of New Zealand

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Aborigines

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native peoples of Australia

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1770 Bengal Famine

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Forced British Parliament to act on the rampant corruption of officials in India, called nabobs, and restructure the East India Company/ Lord Charles Cornwallis also checked the widespread corruption and reduced power of local admin.

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Isandhlwana

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location of battle fought in 1829 between the British and Sulu, with Sulu victory.

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Tropical Dependencies

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the great majority of European colonies

small number of Europeans ruled over large number of non-western peoples.

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Settlement Colonies

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Areas like NA and Australia where large numbers of Europeans came and settled, decimating native population.

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White Dominions

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colonies where Europeans are the vast majority, like Australia and America.

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