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	This glossary is organised in alphabetical order. If you are looking for a word (eg leave) it might be part of a phrase (eg ticket of leave)

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	M

	Malabar island in the Pacific Ocean

	malaria deadly tropical disease carried by mosquitoes

	manifesto plan set out by a political party saying what they will do

	Manila city in the Philippines

	manufactured goods goods made in large amounts using machinery, often in factories, (rather than grown or made in small workshops)

	Maryland area of British North America which became part of the USA after 1783

	Matabele group of people who lived in southern Africa

	migration movement of people

	minerals stuff formed naturally in the earth, e.g. gold, diamonds, coal, stone, salt, oil

	missionary person who tries to spread their religion (Christianity) and often offers practical things as well, e.g. medicine, education etc

	motive Reason why something was done

	Mughal Muslim emperors who ruled India before the British

	muslin type of cloth

	N

	nabob a British merchant who made money out of India and retired to Britain

	nationalist person who believes that a particular area should be ruled by the people who live in it as a nation

	Native Americans Peoples of North America, often referred to as American Indians or just Indians

	nawab an Indian ruler

	negotiate try to make a deal

	negro (negroes) black African

	Nehru, Jawaharlal Indian nationalist leader and later Prime Minister of India

	Newfoundland area of Canada

	O

	Ohio area of British North America which became part of the USA after 1783

	oligarchy small group running a country without consulting anyone else

	Ontario area of Canada

	opium addictive drug made from poppies, similar to modern heroin

	P

	partition division of a country

	partition (India) division of India in 1947 into India and Pakistan

	partition (Ireland) division of Ireland in 1922 into Irish Free State and Northern Ireland

	patent Official document giving a person the sole right to make, sell or use something

	Philippines islands in the Pacific Ocean

	pilgrims people travelling to a religious site

	plantation large farm, usually for crops like sugar, tea, tobacco

	profit money made from a business deal

	pyre Fire; pile of wood for burning a dead body

	Q

	Quebec area of Canada

	quinine medicine to fight malaria

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