Honors world history: vocabulary review

1. Honors world history:vocabulary review The New Imperialism 1800 - 1914

2. Imperialism vs. New Imperialism • Imperialism • Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region • New Imperialism • Term historians use to describe the path of aggressive expansion taken by European powers… in just a few decades, beginning in the 1870s, Europeans brought much of the world under their influence and control.

3. Terms Associated with Imperialism…Can you define them? • Nationalism • A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country. • Protectorate • Country with its own government but under the control of an outside power. • Spheres of Influence • areas in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges

4. Berlin Conference Hard for many 21st century Americans to believe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! • European conference in Germany in 1884 where Africa was carved by imperialist powers – a means to avoid bloodshed.

5. Suez Canal Definition: • A canal linking the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, which also links Europe to Asia and East Africa

6. Sepoy definition • Indian soldier who served in an army set up by the French or English trading companies.

7. Sepoy Rebellion 1857 to 1858 • A rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India • Also called the Sepoy Mutiny

8. One who ruled in india in the name of the monarch Viceroy

9. INC Indian National Congress – a major political party in India; founded in 1885 to press for greater rights for Indians under British rule, it later became one of the main forces calling for Indian Independence.

10. Muslim League Political group founded in 1906 to protect the rights of Indian Muslims; it later became one of the main forces calling for Indian independence and a separate nation for Indian Muslims.

11. Balance of Trade • Difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports See if you can guess the terms for the following definitions?

12. Trade surplus vs. Trade deficit • Situation in which a country imports more than it exports • Trade deficit • Situation in which a country exports more than it imports • Trade surplus

13. Opium War • War fought between Great Britain and China over restrictions to foreign trade • Resulted in Britain gaining control of Hong Kong until 1997.

14. Indemnity China had to pay an indemnity to Britain after the Opium War! • Compensation that is paid to a nation for the damage inflicted upon it in a war (payment for losses in a war)

15. Extraterritoriality • The right of citizens to be tried in the courts of their native country rather than in the courts of the country in which they are living.

16. Taiping Rebellion definition • 1850 – 1864 • Revolt against the Qing Dynasty in China led by Hong Xiuquan, a convert to Christianity; over 20 million Chinese died; eventually suppressed with British and French aid.

17. Open Door Policy definition • American approach to China around 1900, favoring open trade relations between China and other nations

18. Boxer Rebellion definition • 1900 • A siege of a foreign settlement in Beijing by Chinese nationalists who were angry at foreign involvement in China.

19. Sino-Japanese War definition Map of “The Far East” • 1894 • War fought between China and Japan for influence over Korea • Japan’s victory symbolized its successful modernization

20. This concludes the New Imperialism Unit Review! Good Luck!