Vocabulary Flashcards
imperialism
a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Neo- Imperialism
was a period of colonial expansion by European powers, the United States, and the Empire of Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
king Leopoid II europe
was the second King of the Belgians, known for the founding and exploitation of the Congo Free State as a private venture. … His was the longest reign of any Belgian monarch.
Scramble for africa
was the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914.
Berlin conference
also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz) or West Africa Conference (Westafrika-Konferenz), regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany’s sudden emergence as an imperial power.
shaka
sign is a common greeting in the Hawaiian culture, subsequently also used in surfer culture, and used as a sign of public school pride.
Asante kingdom
confederation of states, formed in the late 17th century, was defeated by the British in 1896 and annexed to the British Gold Coast colony in 1901
Cecil rhodes
was a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa, who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. … South Africa’s Rhodes University is also named after him.
union of south africa
is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into being on 31 May 1910 with the unification of four previously separate British colonies:
Suez canal
is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez
the Mahdi annex
to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
protectorate
a state that is controlled and protected by another.
indirect rule
a system of government of one nation by another in which the governed people retain certain administrative, legal, and other powers.
federation of indochina
including Cochin-China, the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos, and the leased territory of Kwangchowan:
colonialist
a person who supports the practice of gaining political control over other countries and occupying them with settlers.
exploitation
the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
Menelik II
was king of Shewa and emperor of Ethiopia (1889).
sphere of influence
a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.
settlement
an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict
dependent colonies
in which a majority native population is ruled by a small number of representatives from the controlling nation.
king Chulalonkorn
was king of Thailand from 1868 to 1910.
assimilation
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
panama canal
connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The United States built it from 1904 to 1914 on territory leased from Panama.
white man’s burden
the task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies.
missionary
a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
meiji restoration
also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event of change that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
samora
tribbing, red kool-aid, 15 calories, extremely high in protein,
guam
an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station
Spanish Americam war
between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898.
Sino - Japanese war
between China and Japan over the control of Korea that resulted in the nominal independence of Korea and the Chinese cession to Japan of Formosa and the Pescadores.
treaty of Shimonoseki
was a treaty signed at the Shunpanrō hall, Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and the Qing Empire, ending the First Sino-Japanese War. The peace conference took place from March 20 to April 17, 1895.
Mumbal
a seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in W India, on the Arabian Sea.
