Africa
India
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Vocab Terms
100
By 1914 these were the only free states left in Africa
What is Liberia and Ethiopia?
100
leader of India's nonviolent movement for independence
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
100
This was the only country of Southeast Asia to avoid foreign colonization
What is Thailand?
100
descendents of Europeans born in Latin America, living there permanently
What are creoles?
100
replacement of local rulers with officials from the mother country
What is direct rule?
200
the Boers in South Africa were descendents of the original white settlers that came there from this country.
What is the Netherlands? (the Dutch)
200
growing distrust in 1857 led to India's first war of independence with Britain, also known by this name, for the hired soldiers that rebelled
What is "Sepoy Mutiny"?
200
this country was known as French Indochina during the colonial period
What is Vietnam?
200
After 1870 these were among the chief Latin American exports
What is beef, wheat, coffee, bananas, silver?
200
extension of a nation's power over other lands
What is imperialism?
300
By 1900 this was the only country considered a "world power" that did not have a west African colony
What is the United States?
300
rather than an overthrow of the British this group asked for a part in the governing process in order to lead to more equal status in the country
What is the Indian National Congress?
300
this king was able to keep Thailand free and promoted western learning throughout his kingdom
Who is King Mongkut?
300
these 2 men were the "liberators of South America" because of all the revolutions they helped to lead
Who are Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar?
300
political unit dependent on another for protection
What is protectorate?
400
talented ruler of the Zulu peoples that carved out an empire in Africa while avoiding foreign rule
Who is Shaka Zulu?
400
This canal was built to speed the trip between India and Europe, and China and Europe
What is Suez Canal?
400
governor who ruled colonies as a representative of the monarch
What is a viceroy?
400
this was the largest group(by population) in Latin American colonial system, usually working as servants or laborers
Who are the mestizos?
400
guarantee by the United States (informally backed by Great Britain) to protect Latin America from Europe
What is Monroe Doctrine?
500
the belief among Europeans that they had a moral responsibility and civic duty to civilize the primitive peoples of the world
What is "white man's burden"?
500
India finally gained full independence in this year
What is 1947?
500
These European countries had the most colonial possessions of Southeast Asia, with Thailand serving as a buffer between the two country's possessions
What is France and Great Britain?
500
as the Middle Class grew in Latin America they usually sided with this part of the population
What is the landed elite?
500
ruled areas of Latin America, supported by the landed elites (term, not a specific person)
What are caudillos?
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