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Flashcards by Lucas Callahan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lucas Callahan
over 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Imperialism | Taking over territory by use of a nation’s military or diplomacy |
| Militarism | The pride in one’s nations’ military. |
| Nationalism | The pride in one’s own nation |
| Cash Crops | Crops which take aren’t essential but can net a big profit, such as tobacco, cotton and spices |
| Industrial Revolution | The period in which the western world shifted from a farming based economy to a machinery based economy. |
| Colonies | Countries or territories under the political control of another country |
| Colonizer | A country which has political control over other territories or countries |
| “The Sun Never Sets On The British Empire” | A phrase which meant that the British Empire was so big, the sun always shined somewhere in the empire |
| Missionaries | A person sent on a mission to promote a religion in another country |
| Military Bases | Stations for military, sometimes set up in foreign countries or colonies |
| Scramble for Africa | The period when many European powers colonized the majority of Africa in a short period of time |
| Berlin Conference | A conference which regulated the imperialism of Africa, nations had to say which territories they would take over and needed approval to do so. |
| Social Darwinism | A theory which stated the natural selection of people, “survival of the fittest”, was used to justify imperialism |
| Racism | The prejudice and mistreatment of a person based on their race or ethnicity |
| Maxim Gun | The first fully automatic water cooled machine gun, developed in Britain 1884 |
| Raw materials | The basic materials from which a product is made |
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