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Balance of Trade
In order to get and sell equal amounts of money and produce, the balance of trade was used. |
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difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports
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Boer War
The Boer War was the Canadian's first foreign war. |
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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
Some concession comes in handy in negotiations |
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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
Due to deforestation, thousands of animals are losing their homes. |
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the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area
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Elite
The elite was not just any normal person |
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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 is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law.
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the right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation
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Genocide
Genocide may cause many races can become extinct. |
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the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people
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Imperialism
An example of imperialism was England’s practices of colonizing India.
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Domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country
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Indemnity
Since he was drunk driving, the insurance company will not indemnify him for the damage. |
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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 born on August 17, 1844, in Ankober, Shewa, Ethiopia |
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In the late 1800s, a reforming ruler who began to modernize Ethiopia
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Open Door Policy
Because of the open door policy, people from all around the world can go basically anywhere they'd like. |
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the principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely
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Paternalistic
Some strict parents make their kids feel paternalistic. |
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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
Each colony and protectorate, including Algeria, has a separate budget.
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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
A country's sphere of influence is an area of the world where it has a lot of influence. |
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Where an outside power claimed all rights to make investments or conduct trade
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Trade surplus
Sometimes one country sells more than to another country than the does, this is an unbalanced trade surplus. |
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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
Fears were entertained, and even the friends of the viceroy to some extent shared them, that he was not equal to the crisis.
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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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