Age+of+Imperialism

Age of Imperialism 1800-1914 Maddie Bryant, Mikayla Klein, Hannah Gad "I would annex the planets if I could." - Cecil Rhodes media type="custom" key="13057722" __Terms__
 * imperialism- is the extension of a nations power over other lands
 * protectorate- a political unit that depends on another government for its protection
 * indirect rule- is the colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status
 * direct rule- is the colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought from the mother country
 * annexed- to incorporate territory into an existing political unit, such as a city or a country
 * sepoy- is an Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the companys interests in the region
 * caudillo- in postrevolutionary Latin America, a strong leader who ruled chiefly by military force, usually with the support of the landed elite
 * extraterritoriality- is living in a section of a country set aside for foreigners but not subject to the host countrys laws
 * self strenthening- a policy promoted by reformers toward the end of the Qing dynasty under which China would adopt Western technology while keeping its confucian values and istitutions
 * sphere of influence- an area in which a foreign power has been granted exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading rights and mining privileges

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Daivd livingstone- he was the greatest African explorer in 1841- 1873. He was also the firat non African to cross Africa. He also discovered Victoria Falls in 1855, and he either went missing or died in 1871.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Henry Stanley- he was hired to go find David Livingstone after he went missing in 1871. Stanley and Livingstone opened the door for European Colonization of Africa.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Ferdinand De Lesseps- he was the French builder of the Suez Canal. He said the canal will open the world to people.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Menelik II- he was the Ethiopian Emperor in 1896 and in the battle of Adowa he defeated invading Italians.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Cecil Rhodes- he was the British Prime Minister of Cape Colony. He planned to build railroads in Cape to Cairo.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Queen Victoria
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Muhammad Ali
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Simon Bolivar
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Thomas Macaulay
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">[[image:worldhistoryprojectmaddiehannah/ModernEgypt,_Muhammad_Ali_by_Auguste_Couder,_BAP_17996.jpg width="232" height="338" caption="Muhammad Ali"]][[image:worldhistoryprojectmaddiehannah/lesseps_ferdinand_de.jpg caption="Ferdinand de Lesseps"]][[image:worldhistoryprojectmaddiehannah/king-menelik.jpg caption="Menelik II"]][[image:worldhistoryprojectmaddiehannah/Africa-pol.gif width="489" height="402" caption="Africa."]][[image:worldhistoryprojectmaddiehannah/260px-Cecil_Rhodes_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16600.jpg caption="Cecil Rhodes"]][[image:worldhistoryprojectmaddiehannah/220px-Henry_M_Stanley_1872.jpg caption="Henry Stanley"]]