Colonialism Types and Western Imperial Powers

Use your Western Colonialism and Imperialism notes to match these terms with their definitions.

• Colonizers transform colonies into production centers of one of more commodities.

• missionary colonialism

• Colonizers seek the religious conversion of the existing population.

• extractive colonialism

• A third party settles an area with the support of the metropole.

• surrogate colonialism

• Colonizers take raw natural resources from the colony and export it to the metropole.

• settler colonialism

• Large numbers move from the metropole to the colony in order to displace the existing population.

• planter colonialism

• Belgium

• The Netherlands

• Italy

• Portugal

• The Netherlands

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• Britain

• The United States of America

• Germany

• The Coca-Cola Company

What is a sphere of influence?

• A country or area that is controlled by another country with no formal authority to do so.

• A state that is under the protection of another state, but directly controlled by the protecting state.

• An area whose art and music are influenced by a foreign power.

What is a protectorate?

• A country or area that is controlled by another country with no formal authority to do so.

• A state that is under the protection of another state, but directly controlled by the protecting state.

• An area whose art and music are influenced by a foreign power.