India
Asia
Africa
America
General Vocabulary
100

Indian Soldiers in the British Army

Sepoys

100

The divine source of authority and the right to rule of China's early kings and emperors.


Mandate of Heaven

100

A meeting of European Powers that made rules on how to divide Africa amongst themselves.


Berlin Conference

100

America won this war in 3 months.

Spanish-American War

100

The Process of one people ruling or controlling another people.

Imperialism 

200

A group that was supposed to manage trade between India and Britain.

East India Trading Company

200

A group that combined martial arts, hatred of foreigners, and a belief they were invulnerable to Western weapons.


Boxer Rebellion

200

Dutch Settlers living in South Africa. Fought against the British for control of the Area.


Boers

200

Declared the Americas off limits to European expansion except for existing colonies.


Monroe Doctrine

200

The first machine gun

Maxim Gun

300

Sought to work with the English government to increase Indian say in government.


Indian National Congress

300

Military leaders that controlled Japan instead of the Emperor. 

Shoguns

300

Claimed the Congo for himself and treated the people of the Congo very harshly.


King Leopold II

300

DAILY DOUBLE -- Modernized much of Mexico but kept the money for those who were already wealthy. 

Porfirio Diaz

300

The belief that certain nations or races are more fit than others.

Social Darwinsim

400

Advocated for peaceful resistance against the British Empire

Gandhi 

400

A war fought by China and Japan for control over Korea

Sino-Japanese War

400

Modernized Ethiopia and retained Ethiopia’s independence from Europe.


Menelik II

400

The United States will use military force to keep Europeans out of the Americas.

Roosevelt Corollary 

400

Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

Yellow Journalism

500

The era of British rule in India

British Raj

500

Brings an end to the Qing Dynasty and establishes the Republic of China.

1911 Revolution 

500

DAILY DOUBLE-- 

Quinine

500

Name both of the men who led the fight against the corrupt Porfirio Diaz

Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata

500

Name both of the very important trading canals we have covered in this unit. 

Panama Canal and Suez Canal

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