Chapter 32 Flashcards
Cecil Rhodes
Imperialist and explorer looking for areas with riches
Hegemony
Control over a country
Cape to Cairo
An African railway plan
White mans burden
Poem written toward imperialism
Social Darwinism
Survival of the fittest between ethnic groups
Steam powered gunboats
Naval advancement which allowed countries to dominate the oceans
Maxim guns
Advanced guns on the new steam powered gun boats
Battle of Omdurman
Between British and Sudanese
Submarine cables
Telegraph cables to communicate with boats
Sepoy rebellion
Muslim and Hindu Indians rebel against British
The great game
Allying with India and surrounding areas to prepare for a predicted war
French Indochina
French territory in Southeast Asia
Suez Canal
Connecting waterway in Egypt
Boer war
Between British and Dutch within South Africa
Queen lil’uokalani
Queen of Hawaii