chapter 27 sec1
Racism
A belief that one race is better than others
Colony
governed by a foreign gain/power
Geopolitics
taking land for its strategic location or products
sepoys
Indian soldiers
Annexation
adding territory to country
Imperialism
Seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country
Protectorate
governs itself but under outside control
Crimean War
russia attacks ottomans in 1853 to gain warm water port
Raj
term for British rule
Queen Liliuokalani
tries to restore Hawaiian control
Social Darwinism
survival of the fittest applied to human society
Paternalism
Europeans provide for local people but grant no rights
Suez Canal
human-made water way that connects to the red sea
“jewel in the crown”
India is Britain’s most valuable colony,
Emilio Aguinaldo
leads Filipino nationalists against U.S. rule
Berlin Conference
14 nations agreed on rules for the division
Direct control
paternalism and adaption of local people to the ruling culture
King Mongkut
modernizes the country:
-starts schools
-reforms legal system
-reorganizes government
-builds transportation and telegraph systems
-ends slavery
Shaka
Zulu chief- creates centralized state around 1816
Indirect Control
limited self-rule for local government
the legislative body includes colonial local officials
Pacific Rim
Lands of Southeast Asia that borders Pacific Ocean form