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Imperialism
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10th Grade
03/03/2017

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1) balance of trade

Balance of trade helps a country make money or become broke.

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difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports [image]
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2) Boer War

Boer war was a fight over land.

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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 [image]
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3) Concession

The concession was a way to make things fair for different people.

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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 [image]
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4)deforestation

They had to deforestation to make room to stay and use the land for villages.

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the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area [image]
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5) Elite

Elite people run the world over the poor.

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a group of people who have a lot of power and influence because they have money, knowledge, or special skills [image]
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6) extraterritoriality

Extraterrestrials felt safer traveling if their own laws applied to them.

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right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation [image]
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7) Genocide

Boers war made a genocide on the war grounds.

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the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people [image]
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8) Imperialism

In the imperialism time, no land was safe.

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Domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country [image]
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9) indemnity

When indemnity gets involved in between unions of people war starts.

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protection against loss or damage, especially in the form of a promise to pay for any losses or damage [image]
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10) Menelik II

Menelik II started to get people thinking of new ideas.

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In the late 1800s, a reforming ruler who began to modernize Ethiopia [image]
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11) Open Door Policy

Open Door Policy was away you could escape from genocides.

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the principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely [image]
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12)Paternalistic

Paternalistic was almost as being a slave.

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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 [image]
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13)Protectorate

Protectorate was the nucleus of the system.

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Where the local rulers stayed in place but European advisors controlled trade and sent missionaries [image]
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14)Sphere of influence

Sphere of influence was a brave act.

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Where an outside power claimed all rights to make investments or conduct trade [image]
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15) Trade Surplus

It was hard to make a profit with trade surplus.

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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 [image]
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16) Viceroy

Viceroy was a way to expand there kingdom

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a man who was sent by a king or queen in the past to rule another country [image]
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