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Imperialism Words
vocab to do with imperialism/expansionism.
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8th Grade
09/19/2011

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annex (annexation)
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to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, state, or country; to take or appropriate, especially without consent
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colony (colonize)
Definition
any people of territory separated but subject to a ruling power
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expansionism
Definition
the policy or idea that a powerful country should extend/spread its influence and acquire or control other places
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imperialism (empire)
Definition
the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies
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market
Definition
a geographic region considered as a place for sales; a subgroup of a population considered as buyers
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missionary
Definition
someone who attempts to convert others to a particular belief system or program, in this context, someone who travels to a new place to convert others to Christianity.
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occupation (occupy)
Definition
invasion, conquest, and control of a nation or territory by foreign armed forces; the military government exercising control over an occupied nation or territory
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protectorate
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the relationship or protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or region; usually, local leaders are allowed to run local affairs, but they must follow the desires of the superior power in military and trading matters.
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raw materials, natural resources
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a material (concrete) source of wealth, such as timber, fresh water, or a mineral deposit, that occurs in a natural state and has economic value
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sphere of influence
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A region of the world in which one country dominates; in this context a place where a powerful country reserves exclusive right to trade
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"white man's burden"
Definition
the (now-scorned) belief, widespread in Europe/US in the late 1800s and early 1900s, that white people and white culture are superior to people of color and their cultures and that therefore, white people have the duty to "teach"/force colonized people how to live "properly," i.e, like Europeans/Americans. From a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
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