Unit 3: Imperialism: Rwanda and India Flashcards
“Jewel in the Crown”
Nickname for India
Amritsar Massacre
Soldiers firing into a crowd of innocent protesters
Annex
territory entering a state
Benefits of British rule in India
Free trade; political stability; infrastructure improvements
Berlin Conference
Africa’s Division
Civil disobedience
nonviolent resistance
colony
group of people who settle into a new land, but remain subject to their previous home
Costs of British rule in India
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
Direct rule
Same country straight to the people
Ethiopia
Remained independent
Genocide
extermination of an entire ethic, racial, religious or national group
Hutus
Slaughtered tutsis
Imperialism
Control of one people by another
4 major causes
Industrial Revolution inspired a search for new markets and raw materials
Racism
Power and prestige
Missions
Indigenous
native
Indirect rule
under influence from a ruler to another ruler who rules a country or people
Liberia
remained independent
Mohandas Gandhi
lawyer; civil disobedience; led India’s independence
Muhummad Ali Jinna
muslim league
non violent resistance
civil disobedience
old imperialism
Settlements/ trading posts
new imperialism
colonies
Pakistan
Muslim
Panama Canal
us imperialism
Philippines
us imperialism
Propaganda
information of misleading nature used to publicize a cause or political point of view
Raw materials
Basic material from which product is made
Sepoy mutiny
first war for Independence led by Indian soldiers
Social Darwinism
“Survival of the fittest”
Suez Canal
Influenced interest in Egypt; lifeline to India; shortened distance to ASia
Tutsis
slaughtered by hutus for their favoritism by the British for looking more like them
Viceroy
governor of a country ruling as the representative of a sovereign
White Man’s Burden
Poem by Kipling’ white mans duty to care for people of other races
