Aborigines
Original people of Australia
Imperialism
Political, economic and social domination of one country by another
Congo
Region in Africa claimed by Belgum and destroyed for rubber–genocide in Africa
Missionary
Someone who goes into the world to convert people to Christianity
White Man’s Burden
Poem by Kipling; duty of white people to go into the world and make them like you
Maxim Gun
First true machine gun/automatic gun
Berlin Conference
Where European powers got together to divide the continent of Africa
Zulu
Tribe of warriors in South Africa who fought the British
Boers
Dutch farmers in South Africa
Paternalism
Where Europeans see themselves as adults and treat Africans as children
Assimilation
Making native peoples change their culture to be like you
Colony
Where your population physically goes to another location to live-often driving out natives
Protectorate
Where you see yourself as a “big brother” to a country and you oversee them/keep others out
Sphere of Influence
Exclusive trading rights
Suez Canal
Connects the Mediterranean Ocean to the Red Sea–Britain’s lifeline to India
Sepoy Rebellion
Where Indians rebelled against British rule
Opium War
Fought when China tried to keep drugs out of their country and Britain tried to import them
IRA
Irish Catholics fighting against British rule in Northern Ireland
Annexation
To take over an area
Reservation
Place where Americans placed American Indians