Key Concepts
This is the idea that Americans should expand their civilization Westward
What is Manifest Destiny?
What is the East India Company?
This territory (now Country) was originally a "free state" meaning any European power could use this area; eventually given to the King of Belgium
What is Congo?
This movement called for a return to a "pure" form of Islam.
What is Wahhabism?
This German philosopher described "scientific socialism" and that the working class has constantly been exploited throughout History
Who is Karl Marx?
This was the meeting of European leaders who divided up Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
The three types of conquest when colonizing
What are military, cultural, and economic
This was the leader/ King of Belgium
Who is King Leopold II?
When a country is ruled by religious law
What is Theocracy?
One nation in Europe that used Nationalist ideas to eventually come together and form a nation.
What is Italy or Germany?
This was the class that Marx described as being the lowest members of society
What is Proletarian or Proletariat?
This ended the Opium War and expanded British power in China
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
This European man travelled to Africa to try to spread Christianity and end slavery; he eventually stays on the continent and disappears
Who is David Livingstone?
This group of people in West Africa began to convert to Islam in large numbers
Who are the Fulani people?
Hong Xiaquan led this Chinese rebellion which had a mix of old and new ideas; he began to have visions from the Christian God calling him to rebel
What is the Taiping War/ Rebellion?
This is the increasing recognition in a common History, culture, or language that makes a group of people
What is Nationalism?
This Indian called on liberal principles to have the British reform India; he advocated for free press; tried to work with the colonial system
Who is Ram Mohun Roy?
This key concept describes a new ideology for the Western World where nations compete for territorial expansion and assert their superiority.
What is Imperialism?
This was the name of the caliphate established by the Fulani people in order to spread Islam
What is the Sokoto Caliphate?
This key concept describes a type of revolt that believes a rebellion will end with a paradise or perfect society
Marx used this older idea and applied it to his ideas; he thinks that profits from a product should be given back to the workers themselves
What is Labor Theory of Value?
This British philosopher and East India Company employee advocated for dictatorial rule in India and perceived Indian traditions as backward
Who is James Mill?
This man was hired by a British newspaper to look for David Livingstone and write about his time in Africa.
Who is Henry Morton Stanley?
This is the name of the harsh military ruler from the Zulu tribe during the Mfecane Movement
Who is Shaka Zulu?
This African nation tried to compete in the industrial world by reforming its military and improving irrigation to help its cotton production; this had bad reactions from its people (especially working class)
What is Egypt?