Industrialization and It's Effects
The effect of industrialization that drove nations to conquer new territories.
What is imperialism?
British explorer who claimed Australia, Hawaii and New Zealand.
Who is Captain James Cook?
The British colony in South Africa that later became a province of South Africa.
What is Natal?
British officials who returned wealthy from India who were often accused of corruption.
What are nabobs?
Indian soldiers employed by the British East India Company.
Who are sepoys?
Invention that greatly improved communication across long distances.
What is the telegraph?
This island territory was annexed by the U.S. in 1898 after its population was devastated by disease.
What is Hawaii?
Independent Dutch-descended states: the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
What are the Boer Republics?
This practice of widow-burning was banned under British rule.
What is sati?
The 1757 battle that opened the door to British rule in Bengal.
What is Plassey?
Invention that improved mining operations and boosted coal production.
What is the steam engine train?
Indonesian Islamic kingdom centered in Java before Dutch control.
What is Mataram?
An entrepreneur who sought Boer diamonds.
Who is Cecil Rhodes?
Indian reformer who fought sati and promoted education.
Who is Ram Mohan Roy?
The three major British administrative divisions: Bengal, Bombay, and Madras.
What are the Presidencies?
The South African mining town whose diamonds helped spark the Anglo-Boer War.
Orange Free State
Colonies ruled by a small European minority over a large native population.
What are tropical dependencies?
The 1899–1902 conflict in which the British defeated the Boers.
What is the Anglo-Boer War?
This British Governor-General pushed civil service reforms and reduced corruption.
Who is Lord Charles Cornwallis?
Semi-autonomous Indian kingdoms ruled indirectly under British oversight.
What are Princely States?
Colonies where Europeans settled permanently and displaced indigenous peoples.
What are settlement colonies?
A settler colony where Europeans became the majority population, like Canada or Australia.
What are White Dominions?
The 1879 battle in which the Zulu army crushed a British force.
What is Isandlwana?
The belief system that justified European domination over other races.
What is white racial supremacy?
The period of direct British control over India from 1858–1947.
What is the British Raj?