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Western Civilization
Chapter 27
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03/18/2007

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Vladimir Lenin
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argued that imperialism was inevitable in a highly advanced capitalist country
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David Livingstone
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hoped an expanding European economy would bring Africa to the world market and ultimately to freedom and progress
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Richard Burton and John Speke
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their explorations fascinated many Europeans during the second half of the nineteenth century
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Rudyard Kipling and H. Rider Haggard
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stimulated the passion for faraway places and unknown peoples and helped shape the attitudes of the next generation
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Joseph Conrad, George Orwell, Olive Schreiner, and E.M. Forster
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writers that started to probe imperialism's darker side
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Mahdi Mohammed Ahmed
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led in the holy war
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Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Kemal Ataturk
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national heros for resistance to the West
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Aurangzeb Alamgir
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launched a holy war that would tear apart Hindus and Muslims, as well as Sikhs, for half a century
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
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led resistance to racial discrimination in South Africa and, in the process, developed a doctrine of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance
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Treaty of Nanking
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the British insisted on determining Chinese tariffs
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Sun Zhong-shan
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became president of the republic and head of the Nationalist party
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Jiang Jieshi
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tried to modernize, using the military power of the state and introducing segments of a modern economic system
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Mao Zedong
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communist
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Commodore Matthew C. Perry
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sailed into Tokyo bay, making a show of American strength
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zaibatsu
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wealthy family monopolies that the govt. sold factories to
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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refused to accept that dismemberment of Turkish-speaking territory
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Henry Stanley
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was sent by Leopold to establish trading posts, sign treaties with the chiefs, and claim the territory for the association
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Jules Ferry
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called an international conference in Berlin
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Edward D. Morel
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an English humanitarian
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Roger Casement
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an Irish national hero
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Mohammed Ali
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governor of Egypt
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Prime Minister William Gladstone
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promised to withdraw British troops once the situation stabilized
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General Charles Gordon
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head was severed and placed on a pike
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Herbert Kitchener
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general = his men, armed with machine guns, mowed down charging Muslims
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Paul Krugger
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wanted independence, power, and access to the sea
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Cecil Rhodes
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made a fortune in diamonds and gold in South Africa
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Benito Juarez
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resisted the French invasion
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Porfirio Diaz
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led Mexico
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