Vocabulary
establishing overseas empires through militaristic, political, economic, and cultural influence
Imperialism
1855 act passed in Victoria, Australia to limit the number of Chinese who could come ashore from each ship but many avoided with by landing in South Australia
Chinese Immigration Act
South African people fought against the British by killing their cattle and destroying the crops (thought spirits would drive the British out); British stayed and famine broke out
Xhosa Cattle Movement
replaced subsistence farming in many areas (Ex. tea, cotton, sugar, oil palms, rubber, coffee, meat, guano)
cash crops
a type of transportation that lowered costs of transporting raw materials, opens up markets, used as evidence by Europe that they were helping to modernize colonies
railroads
sense of identity and loyalty to a state that leads to a push to take over other territories
nationalism
act passed in New South Wales due to violence against Chinese miners; was an attempt to limit the number of Chinese immigrants but was repealed in 1867
Chinese Immigration Regulation and Restriction Act
made imperialism easier and was a failed uprising against the Qing Dynasty that weakened China
Taiping Rebellion
made from latex sap of trees/vines and used to make tires
rubber
could transport to limited distances at first but began to transport people, mail, and goods (refrigeration on these helped to transport meat and dairy products)
the adaptation of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection; used the "survival of the fittest" theory to argue that countries in power were justified in taking over colonies because they were stronger than the colonies
Social Darwinism
act passed in New South Wales in 1881 after others were repealed, attempted to restrict Chinese immigration by taxing them
Influx of Chinese Restriction Act
anti-imperialist group that killed Chinese Christians and Western missionaries that was encouraged by empress; it was a humiliating defeat for the empress and the Qing Dynasty
Boxer Rebellion
those who worked for a set number of years as payment for transportation to a better country or to pay off debts
Indentured Servitude
news traveled instantly (built to follow railroad lines and established underwater cables crossing oceans)
telegraph
imperialism in Africa that occurred at the Berlin Conference
1882 act that banned further Chinese immigration in the US that was repealed in 1943
Chinese Exclusion Act
Indian rebellion in which sepoys believed the British were trying to convert them to Christianity so they rebelled using cow and pig greased rifles; it led to the beginning of Indian nationalism even though the British crushed them
Indian Rebellion of 1857
the crops the British made money off of in Southeast Asia
pepper, tobacco, palm oil, and rubber
Bonus: How many dogs does Mrs. Rapp have and what are their names?
3: Scarlet, Bodi, Stella
clusters or neighborhoods of people from the same foreign country
Ethnic Enclaves
policy that limited non-British immigration and remained in effect until the mid-1970’s
White Australia Policy
a war at first in favor of the Zulus in the Zulu Kingdom of South Africa; British won and they colonized them
Anglo-Zulu War
the ones that took over spice trade and control of the Dutch East Indies
The Dutch
Bonus: How long has Mrs. Rapp been teaching for?
18