Asia
The name for the lands which France controlled in southeast Asia.
Indochina
Mexican dictator who was supported by the Roman Catholic Church and foreign investors. Was overthrown in a revolution.
Porfirio Diaz
A colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status.
Indirect Rule
Name of the area which the US gained control of as a result of the Spanish American War.
The Philippines
Leader of the Mexican revolution.
Francisco Madero
Colonial government in which local elites were removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought from the colonizing country.
Direct Rule
Organization which ruled India in the stead of the British government.
The East India Company
Settlers in Africa of Dutch descent who were brought under British rule after the Napoleonic Wars. These people set up their own government and often clashed with the native Africans.
Boers
A political unit that depends on another government for its protection.
Protectorate
Indian poet known for principles of universal human dignity.
Rabindranath Tagore
British official who wanted British colonies stretching from the North of Africa all the way to the South. He also wanted a railroad to go from thee North to the South.
Cecil Rhodes
Native to a region.
Aboriginal
Indian man educated in London who led a campaign of nonviolent protests against British rule in India.
Mohandas Gandhi
War fought between the British government and colonists of Dutch descent in Africa.
Th Boer War
A governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch.
Viceroy