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scramble for Africa

The European countries’ partition of the continent of Africa (1) between themselves in the period 1875–1900 (1).

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Indian Rebellion

1857–1858 (1) Massive uprising of much of India against British rule (1); also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny (1). The rebellion first broke out among Indian troops serving the British (1).

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Congo Free State/Leopold II

Leopold II was king of Belgium (1) from 1865 to 1909; his rule as private owner of the Congo Free State is the worst abuse of Europe’s second wave of colonization (1), resulting in millions of deaths (1).

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apartheid

The system that developed in South Africa (1) of strictly limiting the social and political integration of whites and blacks (1).

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colonial tribalism

A European tendency, especially in African colonies (1), to identify and sometimes invent distinct “tribes” (1) that had often not existed before, reinforcing European idea that African societies were primitive (1).

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mit’a

Mandatory public service (1) in the society of the Inca Empire (1). A form of coerced labor (1).

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settler colonies

Colonies in which the colonizing people settle with the purpose of territorial occupation (1) rather than the extraction of labor or resources (1). Examples: Afrikaners in South Africa (1), British in Australia (1).

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Cartaz

A pass that the Portuguese required (1) of all merchant vessels (1) attempting to trade in the Indian Ocean (1).

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