Colonial Regimes
Reliance upon a stronger power for security and in return the nation supplies it with needed resources.
What was a protectorate?
International agreement among the European powers to partition the African continent.
What was the Berlin Conference?
The ancient social division under Hinduism exploited by the British in governing India.
What was the caste system?
This group in Colonial Latin America of Spanish heritage was influenced by the Enlightenment and later led independence movements.
Who were the creoles?
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine it gave the US permission to police the Western Hemisphere.
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
The indirect method of the western powers exercising control within China's regions.
What was a sphere of influence?
The war fought between the Islamic leader Muhammad Ahmad and Charles Gordon over Khartoum along the Nile.
What was the Madhist War?
Considered the first Indian War for Independence. The rebellion started over rumors of greased rifle cartridges.
What was the Sepoy Mutiny or Rebellion?
2nd oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere that considers L'Overture as a founder.
What was Haiti?
Group of Pacific islands gained by the US after winning the Spanish-American War. Several hundred islands forming an archipelago.
Where is the Philippines?
Overseas territories settled and controlled directly by the Europeans.
What were colonies?
Famous explorer searching for Dr. Livingstone in the Dark Continent of Africa.
Who was Henry Stanley?
British created this bureaucratic organization to govern the Indian Subcontinent.
What was the ICS or Indian Civil Service?
Santa Anna and other Latin American leaders held this title as the strong man on the white horse.
Who were the Caudillos?
Moderate Mexican reformer kidnapped and assassinated causing the US to adopt "Watchful Waiting" seeking democratic alternatives.
Who was Francisco Madero?
Area located in SE Asia ruled by the French since the 19th century. Now referred to as Vietnam.
What was Indochina?
British industrialist that exploited Southern Africa for diamond wealth. A colony was named after him.
Who was Cecil Rhodes?
Hindu lawyer and nationalist favored passive resistance to British imperial rule.
Who was Gandhi?
Official American policy towards Latin America telling the Europeans "Hands-Off"
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Diplomacy pursued towards Latin America involving economic development, investments and infrastructure improvements.
What was Dollar Diplomacy?
Group of Pacific islands controlled by the US before official annexation featuring a natural harbor for a future naval base.
What was Hawaii?
This trail marked the Boers migration and settlement of South Africa.
What was the Great Trek?
Corrupt local Indian officials that collected taxes for the British.
Who were the Zamindars?
Became the new border between the US and Mexico following the Mexican War.
Where is the Rio Grand River?
This governmental document granted universal male suffrage, created a federal system and limited foreigners from owning too much land in Mexico.
What was the 1917 Mexican Constitution?