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) |