GRACE HILL STUDY TEST YES – Flashcards
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Imperialism
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The domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
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Protectorate
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A state that is controlled and protected by another
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sphere of influence
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An area in which outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges
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Usman Dan Fadio
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He called for social and religious reforms based on the sharia or islamic law
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Shaka
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Was a ruthless and brilliant leader that waged war and conquered many nearby people
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Paternalistic
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Saw someone as a child in need of guidence
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Dr. David livingstone
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Best known explorer and missionary. For 30 years he crisscrossed Africa And wrote about the many people he met and the sympathy he had. He hated slavery and believed opening the interior to Christianity and Trade
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Henry Stanley
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Tracked into central Africa looking for livingstone who had not been heard from for years
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King Leopold 2
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Hired Stanley to explore the Congo river basin and arrange trade treaties with African leaders
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Boer war
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Lasted from 1899 to the late 1900's involved bitter gorilla fighting
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Samari Touré
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Fought French forces in Africa where he was building his own empire
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Yaa Asantewaa
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Lead Asante resistance. she was queen.
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Nehanda
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Was a military leader in Zimbabwe. although clever she was captured and executed
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Menelik the second
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Was a reforming ruler who began to modernize his country. Hired Europeans to build western school systems
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Elite
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upper class
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Muhammad ahmad
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Proclaimed that he was the long-awaited savior of the faith
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Mahdi
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Awaited savior, prophecy
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Pashas
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Provential rulers
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Sultans
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Rulers of the Ottoman Turkish Empire
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Genocide
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Is a deliberate attempt to destroy a racial, political, or cultural group
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Muhammad Ali
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"Father of Egypt" introduced many reforms including improving text collection recognizing the land systems and backing large irrigation project
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Concessions
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Special rights given to foreign powers
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Sati
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A Hindu custom practiced mainly by the upper classes
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Sepoys
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Indian soilders in service
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Viceory
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Official who runs the country, Colony, or city Provance representing the monarchy
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Deforestation
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Cutting of trees
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Ram mohun Roy
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Combined both views. He felt India could learn from the west
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Purdah
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The isolation of women in separate courters