Vocab - Colonia Encounters In Asia, Africa, And Ociana Flashcards
Scientific racism
an organized system of misusing science to promote false scientific beliefs in which dominant racial and ethnic groups are perceived as being superior
Social Darwinism
The application of Darwin’s biological theories on evolution to human cultural groups
Scramble for africa
European countries brought nearly all of the African continent under their control as part of their separate empires
India rebellion of 1857-1858
Massive uprising of much of India against British rule
Congo free state
a former state in Africa covering much of the territory that comprises the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo controlled by france
Cultivation system
system of forced labor used in the Netherlands East Indies in the nineteenth century to grow cash crops to pay taxes
Cash crop production
an agricultural crop that is purposely made strictly to be sold in a market environment for as much money as possible
Female circumcision
removal of some genital tissues of pubescent girls; initiation rite to mark “coming of age”
Africanization of Christianity
Africans intertwining the beliefs and customs of Christianity with their own native customs
African identity
Africans that spoke similar languages, shared common culture, began to think of themselves as a single people, new tribe
Idea of “tribe”
A new sense of clearly defined ethnic identities that emerged in twentieth-century Africa
