Imperialism Vocabulary

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____________________ is the take over of a smaller country by a larger one for economic, political, and social motives.

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imperialism

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The attitude that European nations needed to guide African lands like a parent would guide a young child is called

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paternalism

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Local leaders retaining control while Europeans took natural resources of the African lands was called

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indirect control

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African lands that came under the complete control of a European nation

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direct control

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Forcing people of Africa to adopt European culture was called assimilation

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true

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A country/nation with its own government and culture but owned by an outside nation - Puerto Rico is an example

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protectorate

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A place in which an outside nation has trading rights but remains free of outside control

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sphere of influence

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Direct control was easy to implement and maintain?

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yes