World History Ch. 21 – Flashcards
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'white man's burden'
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the moral responsibility of Europeans to civilize primitive peoples
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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leader of a movement for independence in the Phillipines
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Muhammad Ali
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Ottoman officer who seized power in Egypt and established a separate Egyptian state
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Shaka
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talented ruler who carved an empire for the Zulu people
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First War Independence
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Indian revolt known to the British as the Sepoy Mutiny
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Indian National Congress
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group that called for a share in the governing process of India
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Indian author who worked for human dignity, world peace, and the mutual understanding and union of East and West
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Francois-Dominique Toussaint-Louverture
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Led the revolt in the French colony of Saint Domingue (Haiti)
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Jose de San Martin
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hailed as one of the 'Liberators of South America'
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Benito Juarez
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brought liberal reforms to Mexico, including land distribution to the poor
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King Mongkut
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promoted Western learning in Thailand
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indirect rule
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allowed local rulers to maintain positions of authority in the new colonial setting
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David Livingstone
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spent 30 years exploring uncharted regions of Africa
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Cecil Rhodes
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man who set British policy in South Africa in the 1880s
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Viceroy
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governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch
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Mohandas Gandhi
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formed a nonviolent movement to force improvements for the Indian poor and gain Indian independence
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Peninsulares
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held all the important positions in colonial Latin America
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Monroe Doctrine
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guaranteed the independence of the new Latin America nations and warned against any European intervention
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caudillos
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ruled by military force, supported by the landed elites
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Emiliano Zapata
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led the Mexican Revolution, seizing wealthy estates
