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IMPERIALISM
TERMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Industrialization | large scale production using machine power |
| Natural resources | naturally occurring materials such as coal, fertile land, etc, that can be used by man |
| Finished product | goods that have completed the manufacturing process |
| Nationalism | strong feeling of loyalty to the country where one was born or raised |
| Conquer | to overcome; defeat |
| Imperialism | when one country has complete control of another country, politically, economically, and socially, and they call the country their own |
| Compete | to strive to outdo or excel |
| Sphere of influence | an area in which an outside power claimed exclusive dominant power |
| Social Darwinism | The idea that the strongest people deserve the land and resources that they want |
| Colony | a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation |
| Colonization | to establish a colony |
| Pride | a feeling of honor and self-respect |
| Loyalty | a sense of duty or of devoted attachment to something or someone |
| Nation | a territory or country itself |
| Persuade | to urge a person to do something |
| Power | political or national strength |
| Superior | higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc. |
| Trade | the act of buying, selling, or exchanging |
| Interaction | to act on or in close relation with each other |
| Superiority | showing a consciousness or feeling of being better than or above others |
| Racism | The belief that some races are inherently superior (physically, intellectually, or culturally) to others and therefore have a right to dominate them |
| Partitioned | a division into parts; separation |
| Scarcity | shortness of supply |
| White Man’s Burden | belief that the superiority of the European civilization obligated them to impose their practices on supposedly primitive nonwhites |
| Humanitarian | having the interests of mankind at heart |
| Partitioned | a division into parts; separation |
| Scramble for Africa | European powers competed over land and people through Africa to capitalize on the natural resources to aid the industrialization of their European country |
| Boer War | Boers (Afrikaners, descendants of the original Dutch settlers of southern Africa) vs. British Empire |
| Reasons for Imperialism | economic, military, religious, political, social |
| Militarism | the greater the military the greater the nation |
| Alliance | nations promise to support one another in conflict |
| Boer War | Boers (Afrikaners, descendants of the original Dutch settlers of southern Africa) vs. British Empire |
| Sepoy | Indian soldier in British India. They rebelled against British rule over the use of animal fat in their rifle cartridges. |
| Berlin Conference | 1884-1885 conference held by European nations at which they planned the division of Africa into colonial possessions. |
| Protectorate | A territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power |
| Mother country | the country of origin of settlers or colonists in a place (Ex. Great Britain mother country of 13 colonies in America) |
| Civilize | to teach (a person or group of people) to behave in a way that you think is more polite, gentle, and educated |
| British East India Company | Joint stock Company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies (modern day Indonesia) |
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