Balance of trade

The harbors plade a big role with balance of trade.

difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports

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Boer War

The Boer War had a great affect on the british empire.

(1899-1902) a war in South Africa in which the British army successfully fought against two Boer republics called the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, and made them part of the British Empire

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concession

A concession is like picking favorites.

a special right that a particular person or group of people is allowed to have, for example by the government or an employer, or the act of giving or allowing something as a right

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deforestation

Most Deforestation is caused by building factories.

the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area

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elite

The Europeans seemed elite to the Africans.

a group of people who have a lot of power and influence because they have money, knowledge, or special skills

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extraterritoriality

Africans did not have extraterritoriality.

right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation

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Genocide

The testing of machine guns and new medications caused Genocide.

the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people

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Imperialism

Imperialism has destroyed many cultures. 

Domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country

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indemnity

Indemnity was like the insurance of the 1800's.

protection against loss or damage, especially in the form of a promise to pay for any losses or damage

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Menelik II

Menelik II looked at religion as a control system.

In the late 1800s, a reforming ruler who began to modernize Ethiopia

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Open Door Policy

immigrants had an Open Door Policy. 

the principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely

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paternalistic

Parenting can sometimes be paternalistic.

when people in charge of an organization or society protect the members and give them what they need but do not allow them any freedom or responsibility

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Protectorate

Protectorate kept important people inside.

Where the local rulers stayed in place but European advisors controlled trade and sent missionaries

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Sphere of influence

The Sphere of influence was an invasion.

Where an outside power claimed all rights to make investments or conduct trade

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trade surplus

Treasurers would have the respoinsibility to keep up with Trade surplus.

the amount by which the value of the goods that a country sells to other countries is more than the value of the goods it buys from them

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viceroy

The viceroy was a second hand king or queen.

a man who was sent by a king or queen in the past to rule another country

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