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| Struggle or compete with others for something in an eager or uncontrolled and undignified way |
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| Emperor of Ethiopia an African nation that successfully resisted the Europeans. |
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| Highly disciplined African warriors who fought against Great Britain |
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| A foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands |
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| The belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation—that is, to the people with whom they share a culture and history—rather than to a king or empire |
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| The British colony of India—so called because of its importance in the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods. |
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| British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria |
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| An 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India |
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| An Indian soldier serving under British command |
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| A human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea |
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| A conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa. |
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| A Dutch colonist in South Africa |
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| A meeting (1884-1885) at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa |
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| Land controlled by another nation |
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| The application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies—particularly as justification for imperialist expansion |
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| The belief that one race is superior to others |
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| A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, socially. |
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