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balance of trade
The balance of trade controls the imports and exports for a country |
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| difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports [image] |
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Boer War
The Boer War was a war in South Africa |
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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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concession
concession is a right for a group of 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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deforestation
deforestation is the destruction of natural resources |
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| the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area [image] |
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elite
elite is the rich and smart people |
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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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extraterritoriality
extraterritoriality is a right for foreigners |
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| right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation [image] |
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Genocide
There was a genocide in Rawanda |
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| the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people [image] |
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Imperialism
Imperialism is the control of one country to another |
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| Domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country [image] |
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Menelik II
Menelik II was a ruler |
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| In the late 1800s, a reforming ruler who began to modernize Ethiopia [image] |
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Open Door Policy
Open Door Policy allows people to go to a country |
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| the principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely [image] |
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paternalistic
paternalistic is like slavery |
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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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Protectorate
Protectorate is when advisors controlled trade |
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| Where the local rulers stayed in place but European advisors controlled trade and sent missionaries [image] |
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Sphere of influence
Sphere of influence is when someone wants to trade from outside the country |
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| Where an outside power claimed all rights to make investments or conduct trade [image] |
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trade surplus
trade surplus is whenthe traded goods are more vakuable than the ones that you traded for |
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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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viceroy
viceroy is a person who rules on the decision of the king or queen |
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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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indemnity
indemnity is a protection against damage. |
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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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