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#1 balance of trade
Balance of trade depended on the states economic life |
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difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports
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#2 Boer
War The British successfully won the boer war to bring in new territory |
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(1899-1902) a war in South Africa in which the British army successfully fought against two Boer republics called the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, and made them part of the British Empire
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#3 concession
The concession of America is spreading |
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a special right that a particular person or group of people is allowed to have, for example by the government or an employer, or the act of giving or allowing something as a right
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#4 deforestation
Deforestation occurred around the globe |
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the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area
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#5 elite
The industrial revolution caused many people to drop into a lower class or an elite class |
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a group of people who have a lot of power and influence because they have money, knowledge, or special skills
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#6 extraterritoriality
Extraterritoriality was not at first a plan for the new Americas due the British attacks. |
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right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation
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#7 Genocide
Hitler was the main cause of a genocide. |
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the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people
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#8 Imperialism
America embraced imperialism on to other countries in the south. |
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Domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country
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#9 indemnity
Insurance provides indemnity to its customers |
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protection against loss or damage, especially in the form of a promise to pay for any losses or damage
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#10 Menelik II
Menelik II was a great reforming leader. |
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In the late 1800s, a reforming ruler who began to modernize Ethiopia
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#11 Open Door Policy
The open door policy allowed industrialization to improve. |
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the principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely
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#12 paternalistic
Paternalistic people tend to start rebellions. |
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| when people in charge of an organization or society protect the members and give them what they need but do not allow them any freedom or responsibility |
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#13 Protectorate
Protectorate was a common practice of Europeans |
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Where the local rulers stayed in place but European advisors controlled trade and sent missionaries
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#14 Sphere of influence
The Americas usually held the sphere of influence when it came to power on other countries |
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Where an outside power claimed all rights to make investments or conduct trade
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#15 trade surplus
With industrialization came trade surplus and capitalism. |
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the amount by which the value of the goods that a country sells to other countries is more than the value of the goods it buys from them
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#16 viceroy
A viceroy tended to be a kings right hand or blood of the royal family. |
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a man who was sent by a king or queen in the past to rule another country
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