Unit 4 Vocab

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Imperialism

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A system where one country controls other countries, often through force or other means.

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Open Door Policy (China)

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All countries could equally trade with China and that China should be respected in terms of territory and administration.

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Assimilation

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When a group adopts the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group.

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Paternalism

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Making decisions for other people rather than letting them take responsibility for their own lives.

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Extraterritoriality

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States applying their nation's law outside its own territory.

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Boxer Rebellion

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Peasant uprising that attempted to drive all Foreigners out of China

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Treaty of Nanjing

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Treaty that ended the first Opium War.

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Monroe Doctrine

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United States foreign policy that opposes European involvement in the Western Hemisphere.

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Roosevelt Corollary

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Expanded on Monroe Doctrine and claimed the USA would preserve order in the Western Hemisphere.

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Mohandas Gandhi-

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Anti-colonial nationalist who used nonviolent resistance (Civil Disobedience)