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World Civilizations
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03/15/2005

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settlement colonies
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large numbers of Europeans occupied the land
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dependent colonies
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established in the tropics, in which a few European imperial officials ruled over non-European peoples
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spheres of influence
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territories in which the interests of a single outside nation were dominant, which Europeans used to control the rest of the world
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"new" imperialism
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the remarkable extension of power
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protectionism
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a practice in which free-trade was closed off to the markets and sources of supply in order to protect their own developing industries
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Afrikaans
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A language in which the Dutch language was transformed using words from the African, French, German, and English languages.
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Great Trek
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Boers began a mass migration
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Berlin Conference
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In an effort to resolve potential conflicts over the competition for colonies, the great European powers met to establish ground rules for partitioning the world among themselves.
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Fashoda Crisis
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The period of months in which Britain and France stood on the brink of war.
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sepoys
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the army of Indian soldiers that were created by making alliances with Indian rulers
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raj
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The extention of the British East India Company.
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memsahibs
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The presence of European women
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Indian Mutiny
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The uprising in which the British began executing anyone even suspected of having participated in the mutiny.
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Sepoy rebellion
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started because of a rumor of the cartridges in their army being covered in pork and cow grease. Hindu's thought cows were sacred, muslims thought pigs were unclean.
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Indian Mutiny
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Indian princes thought that the British would make them convert to christianity, and abolish the caste system.
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