Unit 3: Imperialism: Rwanda and India Flashcards

1
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“Jewel in the Crown”

A

Nickname for India

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2
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Amritsar Massacre

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Soldiers firing into a crowd of innocent protesters

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3
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Annex

A

territory entering a state

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4
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Benefits of British rule in India

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Free trade; political stability; infrastructure improvements

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5
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Berlin Conference

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Africa’s Division

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6
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Civil disobedience

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nonviolent resistance

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7
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colony

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group of people who settle into a new land, but remain subject to their previous home

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8
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Costs of British rule in India

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India went out of business; farmers and villages couldn’t feed themselves due to producing cash crops; racism; industry disappeared because of British trade laws

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9
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Direct rule

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Same country straight to the people

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10
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Ethiopia

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Remained independent

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11
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Genocide

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extermination of an entire ethic, racial, religious or national group

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12
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Hutus

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Slaughtered tutsis

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13
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Imperialism

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Control of one people by another

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14
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4 major causes

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Industrial Revolution inspired a search for new markets and raw materials
Racism
Power and prestige
Missions

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15
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Indigenous

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native

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16
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Indirect rule

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under influence from a ruler to another ruler who rules a country or people

17
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Liberia

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remained independent

18
Q

Mohandas Gandhi

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lawyer; civil disobedience; led India’s independence

19
Q

Muhummad Ali Jinna

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muslim league

20
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non violent resistance

A

civil disobedience

21
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old imperialism

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Settlements/ trading posts

22
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new imperialism

23
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Pakistan

24
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Panama Canal

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us imperialism

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Philippines
us imperialism
26
Propaganda
information of misleading nature used to publicize a cause or political point of view
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Raw materials
Basic material from which product is made
28
Sepoy mutiny
first war for Independence led by Indian soldiers
29
Social Darwinism
"Survival of the fittest"
30
Suez Canal
Influenced interest in Egypt; lifeline to India; shortened distance to ASia
31
Tutsis
slaughtered by hutus for their favoritism by the British for looking more like them
32
Viceroy
governor of a country ruling as the representative of a sovereign
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White Man's Burden
Poem by Kipling' white mans duty to care for people of other races