Chapter 25 Flashcards

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Zulu

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A people of modern South Africa whom King Shaka united

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Sokoto Caliphate

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A large Muslim state founded in 1809 in what is now northern Nigeria

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Modernization

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Process of reforming political, military, economic, social, cultural traditions in imitations of the early success of Western societies

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Muhammad Ali

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Leader of Egyptian modernization in the early nineteenth century. He ruled Egypt as an Ottoman governor but had imperial ambitions.

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“Legitimate” Trade

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Exports from Africa in the nineteenth century that did not include the newly outlawed slave trade

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Recaptives

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Africans rescued by Britain’s Royal Navy from the illegal slave trade of the nineteenth century and restored to free status

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Nawab

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A Muslim prince allied to British India; technically, a semi-autonomous deputy of the Mughal emperor

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Sepoy

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A soldier in South Asia, especially in the service of the British

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British Raj

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The rule over much of South Asia between 1765 and 1947 by the East India Company and then by a British government

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Sepoy Rebellion

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The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs; also known as the Sepoy Mutiny

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Durbar

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An elaborate display of political power and wealth in British India in the nineteenth century, ostensibly in imitation of the pageantry of the Mughal Empire

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Indian Civil Service

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The elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. originally composed exclusively of well-educated British men, it gradually added qualified Indians

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Indian National Congress

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A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government

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Great Trek

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Aided by African servants, the ox-drawn wagons of the Afrikaners struggled over the Drakensberg Mountains to the high plains in an effort to escape British control

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Clipper Ship

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a large, fast, streamlined sailing vessel, often American built in mid-to-late nineteenth century

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New Zealand Sheep Farming

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Government policies made land available at low cost to European settlers, a skill to insecticide parasites

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Contract of Indenture

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A voluntary agreement binding person to work for a specified period of years