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Module 17&18 vocab
Term | Definition |
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geopolitics | a foreign policy based on the location or resources of other nations |
roosevelt corollary | extention of the monroe doctrine, gave U.S. "Police Power" of the western hemisphere |
berlin conferenece | 1884-85 meeting by European nations to divide up Africa into colonies |
monroe doctrine | U.S. policy of halting European expansion into South America, 1823 |
boer war | A conflict between the Boers and the United Kingdom for control of South Africa |
social darwinism | Charles Darwin's idea of survival of the fittest - used as justification for imperialist expansion |
panama canal | man-made waterway connecting the atlantic to the pacific |
nationalism | the identification with one's nation or people |
paternalism | the policy of treating subjects like children |
suez canal | man-made waterway connecting the red sea and the mediterranean |
spanish american war | 1898 conflict between the U.S. and Spain |
annexation | adding territory to an existing nation |
imperialism | a policy in which a nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially |
assimilation | a policy of one nation forcing another to act like them |