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| the seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country. |
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| believing some races (Europeans) were superior to other non-white races. |
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| the belief that the fittest people survived and enjoyed wealth and success. And Europeans had the right take over weaker people. |
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| made rules for taking over Africa- any European countries could claim land by notifying other nations and proving it could control the area. |
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| the leader of the Zulu people who fought against the Boers and British. |
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| the first Dutch to settle in South Africa. |
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| who became emperor of Ethiopia in 1889 and led resistance against the Italians. |
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| a battle against the Italians and Ethiopians- won by the Ethiopians |
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| War between Russia and the Ottoman Empire (with the help of G. Britain and France) in which Russia lost- between 1853 and 1856. |
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| a human made waterway that cut through the Isthmus of Suez and connected the Red Sea with the Mediterranean. |
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| India with major raw materials along with 300 million people which were a large market for British goods. Most profitable colony. |
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| Uprising of Indian solders. It was crushed by the British with perhaps 40,000 Europeans and 800,000 Indians killed. |
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| British government rule in India |
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| leader of the Filipino nationalists, fought against the United States and was defeated. |
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| the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. |
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| Hawaii's only queen and last monarch of Hawaii; she wanted Hawaii to remain controlled by Hawaiians, not foreign business owners. She was removed from power. |
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| a military dictator of a Latin American country. |
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| an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the United States supported Cubans’ fight for independence. |
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| a U.S. policy of opposition to European interference in Latin America, announced by President James Monroe in 1823. |
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| a human-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
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| Christian King in Africa with a solid emerald dinner table |
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| King of Belgium who took over the Congo region of Africa |
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| Adventurer hired by Leopold to build a road around the rapids and set up trade posts along the river, also getting the native population to sign over their land. |
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| whip made of Hippopotamus skin to terrorize the local population. |
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| discovered that when you add sulfur to molten rubber it stays pliable and more useful |
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Policy based on the idea that the local population would adopt European culture and become like them. |
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