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1. Blalance of trade
The balance of trade is the amount a country can export items. |
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difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports
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2. Boer war
The Boer war was a war that occured in 1899 that ha dto do with south africa |
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| (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[image] |
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3. Concesssion
Concession is the natural right of giving a person freedom. |
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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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4. Deforestation
Deforestation is when trees are cut down in a certain place. |
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the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area
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5. elite
Elite are poeple who are in charge of big things. |
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a group of people who have a lot of power and influence because they have money, knowledge, or special skills
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6. extraterritoriality
the use of laws and other nations.
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| right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation[image] |
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7. Genocide
Genocide was a bad thing that happened during immperialism. |
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the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people
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8. Imperialism
Imperialim was a political system that controlled other countries. |
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Domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country
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9. Indemnity
Indemnity is law that protects people from losing or damaging things. |
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protection against loss or damage, especially in the form of a promise to pay for any losses or damage
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10. menelik II
Menelik II was a ruler in teh 1800's.
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| In the late 1800s, a reforming ruler who began to modernize Ethiopia[image] |
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11. Open door policy
The open door policy is a olicy that allowed people and other goods come into a country. |
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the principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely
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12. paternalistic
The paternalistic are people who are in charge of others.
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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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13. protectorate
Protectorate were the rulers in europe.
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Where the local rulers stayed in place but European advisors controlled trade and sent missionaries
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14. Sphere of influence
The sphere of influence was a power that claimed all the rights to make money. |
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Where an outside power claimed all rights to make investments or conduct trade
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15. trade surplus
The Trade surplus is teh amount of value an item costs in another country.
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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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16. viceroy
Viceroy was a man who was sent by kings or queens to go rule in another country. |
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a man who was sent by a king or queen in the past to rule another country
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