AP World: Modern Unit 6: Imperialism and Migration

Cecil Rhodes

British imperialist who controlled parts of southern Africa; racist advocate for Social Darwinism

Cotton

Most economically significant commodity of the 1800s, because of its production in colonized areas and its use in industrialized countries

Ethnic enclave

Chinatown in New York City and Indian communities in British East Africa were both examples of this

Ghost Dance

Religious resistance to assimilation and settler colonialism in the Great Plains of the US, c. 1890

Guano

Bird excrement that makes excellent fertilizer

Suez Canal

British investors financed this project which allowed easier transportation between India and Britain

Treaty of Nanjing

Result of the First Opium War; increased British imperialism in East Asia

Tupac Amaru II

Leader of a revolt against Spanish Colonial rule in South America (1780)

White Australia Policy

Racist actions taken by a British settler colonial government

Xhosa Cattle Killing Movement

Religious response to Dutch and British settler colonialism in South Africa

Zulu Nation

New state that formed in resistance to British imperialism in Southern Africa