Year 8 Empire Decolonisation Glossary Flashcards
To review key terms
ABOLITION
To get rid of/stop
AMRITSAR
Holy Sikh city
APARTHEID
A policy of discrimination based on race used in South Africa against black people
CARIBBEAN
The area to the east of the American continent in the Caribbean Sea
COLONY
A weaker country in an empire
DEVOLUTION
Giving power back to regional countries
DURBAR
A public reception held by an Indian prince
EAST INDIA COMPANY
An English business formed to trade with Asian countries and given a royal charter in 1600
EMPIRE
A group of countries controlled by a more powerful one
EMPRESS
A woman who rules an empire
IMPERIALISM
The idea of extending control over weaker countries
MAHATMA
Great souled one
MIDDLE PASSAGE
the journey from West Africa to the Americas on a slave ship
NABOB
A very wealthy man
NATIONALISM
The idea that your own nation is more important than other nations
PLANTATION
A type of farm that slaves worked on
RACISM
The belief that other races are inferior
RAJ
British rule in India
REBELLION
Organised resistance to a ruling system
RESISTANCE
To stop or resist something
SATYAGATHA
Passive political resistance/from Sanskrit means holding onto truth
SEPOY
Indian soldier
SLAVE
Someone who is the property of another person
SLAVERY
When one person owns another
SLAVE TRADE
The buying and selling of human beings to make a profit
TRANSATLANTIC
To cross the Atlantic Ocean
UNION
Joined together
