Imperialism Vocab Quiz

imperial officials assume formal control over the colony.

• Indirect Rule

• Direct Rule

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

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

• Nationalism

• Direct Rule

• Indirect Rule

• Imperialism

colonizers ruled through arrangements with local princes, aristocrats or other indigenous elites.

• Indirect Rule

• Direct Rule

• Nationalism

• Protectorate

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.

• Protectorate

• Sphere of Influence

• Imperialism

• Colony

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Sphere of Influence

• Protectorate

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

• Protectorate

• Direct Rule

• Sphere of Influence

• Imperialism

The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868, in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization, industrialization, and imperialism.

• Industrial Revolution

• Meiji Restoration

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

Country with its own government but under the control of an outside power

• Protectorate

• Sphere of Influence

• Nationalism

• Indirect Rule

A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years.

• Silk Road

• British East India Company

• Colombian Exchange

• Panama Canal

A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa

• Treaty of Versailles

• Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Conference

• Congo Conference