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| Policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force |
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| Belief that one race is superior to others |
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| Use of Darwin's ideas about evolution to explain human societies; natural selection; survival of the fittest |
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| Meeting where leaders of 14 European countries gathered and agreed on the rules for colonizing Africa |
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| War between the British and the Boers (Dutch colonists) in South Africa |
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| Governing in a "parental" way by providing for needs but not giving rights |
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| Absorbing colonized people into the culture of the imperialist nation |
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| Interest in or taking of land for its location or products |
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| Man-made waterway connecting the Red & Mediterranean Seas |
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| 1857 Uprising of Indian soldiers (Sepoys) against the British |
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| Term referring to India as the most valuable of all British colonies |
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| British rule over India from 1757 to 1947 |
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| Southeast Asian mainland and islands along the rim of the Pacific Ocean |
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| Adding of territory; ie the annexation of Texas to the U.S. in 1845 |
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| Control of one nation by another |
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| System of completely governing a colony without any local rule |
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| Area controlled by private businesses rather than by a foreign government |
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| System of running a colony in which local rulers have some power |
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| People who spread the message of their religion |
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| Area with its own government under the control of a foreign power |
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| European grab for African land that began in the 1880s |
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| Area claimed as the exclusive investment of trading realm of a foreign power - CHINA |
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| War between Britain and China over the opium trade |
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| Rights of foreign residents to follow the laws of their own government rather than those of the host country |
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| Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty |
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| Policy proposed by the United States giving all nations equal opportunities to trade in China |
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| Rebellion aimed at ending foreign influence in China |
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