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Geiger Chapter 12 Vocabulary
Chapter 12 Vocabulary
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9th Grade
01/24/2013

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Direct Rules
Definition
Colonial rule practiced by France.
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Imperialism
Definition
Domination by one country of the political life of another country.
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Indirect Rules
Definition
Colonial rule practiced by Britain.
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Protectorate
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Colonial rule where local rulers were left in place.
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Sphere of Influence
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Area claimed for exclusive investment or trading privileges.
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East India Company
Definition
Controlled three fifths of India by the mid-1800's.
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Indian National Congress
Definition
Group that supported self-rule and continued western-style modernization.
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Muslim League
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Formed in 1906 to pursue a separate Muslim state.
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Ram Mohum Roy
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Hailed as the founder of Indian nationalism.
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Boxer Uprising
Definition
During this, foreign communities across China were attacked.
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Sun Yixian
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Organized the Revolutionary Alliance.
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Treaty of Nanjing
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China was forced to sign this after the Opium War.
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Genocide
Definition
A deliberate attempt to destroy an entire religious or ethnic group.
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Mahdi
Definition
Led a resistance to British expansion in the Sudan.
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Muhammad Ali
Definition
Ambitious soldier who introduced economic reforms in Egypt.
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Suez Canal
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Waterway that links the Mediterranean and Red seas.
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Young Turks
Definition
Group who overthrew the Ottoman sultan in 1908.
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Adowa
Definition
Ethiopians defeated Italian invaders at the battle of..
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Boer War
Definition
This was set off by the discovery of gold.
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David Livingston
Definition
The best-known exploerer of Africa.
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Menelik II
Definition
Imported modern weapons to Ethiopia.
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Sierra Leone
Definition
The British organized this as a colony for freed slaves.
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Cash Crop
Definition
Product that can be sold on the world market.
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