24 Flashcards
A christian people concentrated in the eastern mountains of the Ottoman Empire
Armenians
1860s reformers imported western technology, setting up factories to make modern weapons.
“Self-strengthening movement”
Divided Africa up between western powers.
Berlin Conference
Involved bitter guerrilla fighting. British won but at great cost. War was caused by diamonds in Boer lands in cape colony
Boer War
Journalist who went to central Africa to find Livingstone. Tracked him down in 1871
Henry Stanley
Created by nationalist leaders. Members believed in peaceful protest to gain their ends. Looked forward to self-rule as supported western style modernism
Indian national congress
King of Belgium. He hired Stanly to explore the Congo river basin and arrange trade treaties with African leaders
King Leopold II
An ambitious soldier appointed governor of Egypt by the Ottomans
Muhammad Ali
Women military leader of the Shona in Zimbabwe
Nehanda
Angry sepoys rose up against their British officers. Swept across northern and center so India
Sepoy Rebellion
A colony organized by British in Western Africa for former slaves
Sierra Leone
Applying survival of the fittest to human societies
Social Darwinism
A passionate spokesman for a Chinese republic(nationalist). He organized the “three principals of the people”(nationalism,representative gov, economic security)
Sun Yixian
Most devastating peasant revolt in history. (Irrigation failure,pop expulsion at beginning of the century,hardships on peasants,widespread court corruption)
Taiping Rebellion
Arabian-return to the time of Muhammad’s original teachings.
Wahhabi