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Balance of Trade
Balance of Trade is important for economy. |
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difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports
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Boer War
Boer War was one of the wars influenced by colonization. |
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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
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Concession
Concession should not be a thing because humans have rights given since birth and they do not need to ask for a gov., so they can have that right. |
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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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Deforestation
The reason of death of the wildlife is deforistation. |
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the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area
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Elite
Higher classes of society are usually elite. |
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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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Extraterritoriality
Extraterritoriality should exist in every nation. |
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right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation
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Genocide
No one cared about genocides in Africa. |
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the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people
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Imperialism
Not everyone agreed with imperialism. |
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Domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country
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Indemnity
Insurance does not cover all indemnity. |
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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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Menelik II
Menelik II was a good ruler. |
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In the late 1800s, a reforming ruler who began to modernize Ethiopia
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Open Door Policy
Open door policy allowed people to come and go. |
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The principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely
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Paternalistic
Paternalistic protected people in society. |
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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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Protectorate
Protectoration allowed missionaries to spread their word. |
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Where the local rulers stayed in place but European advisors controlled trade and sent missionaries
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Sphere of Influence
Sphere of influence was the best way to rule a country. |
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Where an outside power claimed all rights to make investments or conduct trade
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Trade Surplus
Trade surplus allowed exportation grow. |
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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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Viceroy
Viceroy was basically an officer who ruled over 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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