Imperialism Vocabulary

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.

• Colony

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Protectorate

survival of the fittest

• Colony

• Nationalism

• Social Darwinism

• Raw Materials

A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities.

• Protectorate

• Sphere of Influence

• Colony

• Nationalism

European countries sent their own citizens to govern colonies

• Direct Rule

• Indirect Rule

• Colony

• Imperialism

Buyers for finished products

• White Man's Burden

• Imperialism

• Colony

• Market/Consumers

A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.

• Protectorate

• Colony

• Racism

• Nationalism

a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

• Sphere of Influence

• Colony

• Racism

• Raw Materials

European countries allowed natives of the colony to govern the colony under the direction of the European country

• Direct Rule

• Colony

• Sphere of Influence

• Indirect Rule

the basic material from which a product is made.

• Market/Consumers

• Raw Materials

• Colony

• White Man's Burden

idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• White Man's Burden

• Racism