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diplomacy
Negotiation instead of warfare
mandate system
allows certain nations to govern former territories of the defeated powers
Great Leap Forward
Chinese economic and social plan led by communist, Mao Zedong, was different from the Soviet communist, industrialized using rural land, but led to famine and the death of millions
Zamindar system
Local landowners collected taxes from peasants on behalf of the British colonial government
tax farming
Ottomans bid and were sold the right to collect taxes from their subjects.
indentured sevitude
form of coerced labor, cheap labor, they didnt know what they signed up for
republican goveremnts
voting for representatives who then vote on issue
5 things the British had to industrialize
Access to waterways
coal and iron
access to foreigns resources
agriculture technology
urbanizatiom
protection of private property
accumiluation of capital
2 religiond involved in the partition of india
Hindusiam and islam
fronde rebellion
France’s king removed power from the nobles and made himself an absolute monarch, which led to rebellion against increased taxes, 6 years long
indian national congress
established to provide a platform for educated Indians to voice their concerns and seek political reforms under British rule
encomedica system
indigenous people were forced to work for Spanish settlers in exchange for protection and religious instruction
apartheid
Legalized racial discrimination and segregation enforced in South Africa
joint stock companies
a business entity in which shares of the company’s stock can be bought and sold by shareholders
suffarage
The right to vote in political elections
democracy
A system of government where people hold to power, exercised through elected representatives
mit’a system
requiring subjects to provide labor, used by the Spanish for silver because it was an unsafe job
marshall plan
U.S. initiative to aid European nations in rebuilding their economies after World War II
Chattel slavery
Slavery in which the enslaved person is owned like property. In the Americas, it was race-based and hereditary. used by everyone
command economy
Russia drawing natural resources from their huge territory
Unilever Corporation
JOINT STOCK COMPANY owned by the British and Dutch that made household goods
Strategic Defense Initiative
space based missle system
Great Leap Forward
China, Agriculture was collectivized. goal was to rapidly industrialize with small scale industrial production. programs failed and led to a famine in which 20-50 million people died.
kingdom on congo
wanted to trade with portuguges so converted to Christianity, making them more favorable
