Terms, People, and Places Crossword

What is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies?
What is the system of governing a country as a father would a child?
What is something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise?
What was the title, placed after the name, formerly held by high officials in countries under Turkish rule?
What was the name for the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world?
What was the Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband that is now abolished by law?
What was a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British?
What was the name for a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign?
What is the word for the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers, practiced by some Muslims and Hindus?
What weapon helped the Europeans subdue resistant non-Western colonies?
What did the Western-educated Indians form in order to resist British rule?
Where did the East India Company completely rule over in the 1800s?
What did British merchants trade for Chinese tea in the late 1700s?
What was the name of the peasant revolt in China that last from 1850-1864?
What is a deliberate attempt to destroy a racial, social, or political group?
What is an upper class person called?