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Panama Canal
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US won the right to build it by helping Panama rebel against Columbia
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King Leopold II
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Ruler of Belgium, used the Congo to amass his own personal fortune and treated the natives harshly, example of the most harsh form of imperialism
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Ottoman Empire
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once controlled much of the land that was taken in the "Scramble for Africa' by the European nations
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Japan, Europe and US
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controlled the world in 1914
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settlement colony
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large group of people living together in a new place
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India
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controlled by the British, the 2 groups lived side by side but had little interaction with on another
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Paternalism
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governing a colony as if it is not able to take care of itself, like a parent and a child
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Philippines, Puerto Rico
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ruled by the US
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Protectorate
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local ruler was able to keep his title and the European power exerted influence on policy
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Roosevelt Corollary
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gave the US the right to intervene if Latin American independence was threatened
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Indochina, Morocco and Tunisia
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ruled by France
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Afrikanns
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Boer native language
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Henry Stanley
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Newspaper reporter that wrote about his adventures in Africa in his search to find the missing missionary David Livingstone
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King Mongkut
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ruler of Siam who kept his country independent
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British control in Africa
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from the Cape to Cairo
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Sino- Japanese War
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Japan defeated China mainly due to the fact that Japan was the first nation in Asia to industrialize. Japan gained Taiwan, Japan could trade with China and China had to give up Korea
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Suez Canal
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Egypt sold controlling stock to Britain because they needed the money, it was important because it connected the red Sea and the Mediterranean
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Ethiopia, Liberia and Siam
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Only nations that were able to remain independent in Africa and Asia
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Emiliano Zapata
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led Mexican peasants in fighting to regain land
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Menelik II
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ruler of Ethiopia who kept his country independent
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Assimilation
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Europeans wanted to force African nations to adopt their culture, it was resisted by most native African people
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Spanish American War
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Allowed the US to gain Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Wake Island
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Sepoy Rebellion
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leb by Indian soldiers against the British, allowed the British to gain complete control of India and encourages Indian nationalist movements
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Boers
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descendants of the Dutch settlers to South Africa, as they were forced north by the British they founded 3 new areas: Transvaal, Orange Free State and Natal
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Morocco
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controlled by France but they had to allow Spain to have a sphere of influence, Britain got Egypt and Italy got Libya
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Indian Muslims
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feared the British pulling out of India as they worried that they would not be a protected minority
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Britain
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the most powerful nation in the mid-1800's
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Burma, Egypt, Sudan, India, Cape Colony
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ruled by Britain
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Sphere of influence
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one nation has exclusive trading privileges in a particular area
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Shaka Zulu
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leader of the Zulu who fought against the Boers in Africa
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Australia
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was a settlement colony of the British, British settlers (mostly convicts) settled there
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Meiji restoration
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encouraged industrialization in Japan
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Union of South Africa
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began the policy of apartheid, racial inequality where the white minority ruled over the black majority
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Dependent colony
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when one nation rules over another i.e. Britain in India
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Cecil Rhodes
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British businessman interested in mining diamonds and gold in southern Africa
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French Control of Africa
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in the west
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Samoan Islands
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Claimed by Britain, Germany and the US, only the US and Germany maintain control today
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Fashoda Crisis
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was a standoff between Britain and France over control of Sudan, Britain wanted control of the area in order to build dams on the Nile to control flooding in Egypt
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Platt Amendment
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gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba
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Berlin Conference
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purpose was to divide up Africa among the European nations
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Rationale for Imperialism
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Nationalism, Industrialization and Cultural Superiority
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Pancho Villa
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Mexican Rebel leader who took action against the US
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Siam
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able to remain independent due to skilled diplomacy due to a strong leader and government and it was a good buffer between the British and French
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Boer War
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fought between the British and the Boers over control of the Transvaal
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