Scramble Africa Vocabulary Flashcard

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Colonization

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Colonization is the act of establishing control over a foreign territory, often involving the settlement of people from the colonizing country and the exploitation of the resources and land of the indigenous population.

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Which countries are mentioned as examples of colonization in North and South America?

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Spain and England

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Imperialism

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Imperialism is the policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

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Which countries took over parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas to expand their empires?

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Britain, Spain, and France

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What is migration?

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Moving from one place to another, within the same country or to a different country

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Fill in the blank: Immigration is when people move into a new country to live there _________. Options: permanently, temporarily, occasionally, briefly

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permanently

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Decolonization

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The process of undoing or reversing colonialism and achieving self-rule.

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The definition of economy is how people and businesses make, buy, and sell things in a place. It includes jobs, money, and _______.

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services

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According to the example provided, a town's economy depends on which factor? Options: its location, its local government, its natural resources, its cultural heritage

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its location

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Industrialization

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It is the process of transforming an agrarian society into an industrial one.