Vocab Part 1
What is imperialism?
An idea that became popular during the 19th century and that insisted that non-white races were biologically inferior to whites.
What is racism?
The name of the meetings from 1884 to 1885, where industrialized European countries divided up Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
The nationality of Lee Tso, the 15-year old waiter at the 1899 Export Exposition in Philadelphia.
What is Chinese?
The main motivation for resistance movements against colonialism across the globe. Most simply, it means pride in one's nation.
What is nationalism?
An indigenous movement to resist or throw off a colonial government.
What is a resistance movement?
The voluntary or forced adoption of a dominant culture.
What is assimilation?
What are resources?
Another word for the "living exhibits" that put supposedly inferior cultures on display for white audiences in the United States during the long 19th century.
What is a "human zoo"?
The resistance leader against British colonialism in India.
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
The act of occupying and controlling a foreign people or territory in order to gain resources and power.
What is colonialism?
The belief that one's culture is the best, often due to ignorance, inexperience, or racism.
What is ethnocentrism?
The banning of this long-time activity during the 1800s helped to revitalize Africa after years of war and population decline.
What was the slave trade?
A word meaning "fear of foreigners" and one of the main reasons why the Chinese were barred from the United States during the age of imperialism.
What is "xenophobia"?
The British colony in Africa where the nationalist leader Jomo Kenyatta led the struggle for independence.
What is Kenya?
A word describing the original inhabitants of a place?
What is indigenous?
A word used to describe the unfair treatment of a people in order to benefit from their work.
What is exploitation?
What is nationalism?
The Unit 5 vocab word that many white Americans during the long 19th century would have used to describe Lee Tso's village at the 1899 Export Exposition?
What is primitive/savage?
The most important nationalist leader in China during the long 19th century. He is known as the "father of modern China."
Who is Sun Yat-Sen?
The right of a people or country to decide its own future.
What is self-determination?
The formal name of the system of segregation in South Africa created by Dutch and European colonizers.
What is apartheid?
The body of water in Africa that was vital for trade and that was desired by industrialized European countries like Belgium.
What is the Congo River?
The name of the US law that required Lee Tso to have an ID to work at the 1899 Export Exposition in Philadelphia.
What was the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act?
The form of resistance against colonialism represented by Gandhi's philosophy of "satyagraha."
A. What is guerilla warfare?
B. What is revolt?
C. What is peaceful protest?
What is peaceful protest?