Modern World History Chapter 11 Vocab

seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country

the belief that one race is superior to another

A social theory of the time: Charles Darwin's ideas about natural selection and evolution were applied to human society

to prevent conflict 14 European nations met between 1884-85 to lay down rules for the division of Africa

A Zulu chief who used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized government

Dutch settlers who gradually took Africa's land and established large farms

War between the British and the Boers; first modern "total" war

Policy were Europeans governed people in a parental way by providing their needs but not giving them rights

Policy based on the idea that in time the local populations would adopt French culture and become like the French

Emperor of Ethiopia who successfully resisted the Europeans

the interest or taking of land for its strategic location or products

War between the Russians and the Ottomans over land on the black sea

human made waterway that connected the red sea to the Mediterranean

Indian soldiers

name for India because it was considered the most valuable of all the British colonies

Rebellion of the Sepoys where they captured the city of Delhi

Countries that border the pacific ocean

Siam King

Leader of the Filipino nationalist

adding a territory to a country

Hawaiian ruler who called for a new constitution that would increase her power