Chapter 17-1/2 Imperialism

What is the policy of when a stronger/larger nation takes over a smaller/weaker nation?

• industrialization

• imperialism

• alliances

What was the name of the meeting of European countries where they decided on how to divide up Africa?

• Conference of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Berlin Conference

Racist

• Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior

• Of, relating to, or based on a race

• A category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits

• A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Governing in a "parental" way by providing for needs, but not giving rights.

• Colony

• Sphere of Influence

• Paternalism

• Assimilation

Absorbing colonized people into the culture of the imperialist nation.

• Economic Imperialism

• Sphere of Influence

• Paternalism

• Assimilation

The leader of Ethiopian resistance.

• Leopold II

• Menelik II

• Shaka

• Menelik I

The idea that imperial domination (taking control of another country ) of weaker races is nature's way of improving humanity is most closely tied to which of the following theories?

• Mercantilism

• Absolute monarchy

• Social Darwinism

• Democracy

A Dutch colonist in South Africa.

• Zulu

• Boer

• Afrikaner

• South African

A conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa.

• The Desert War

• Boer War

• African War

• World War 1

Founder of the Zulu Empire; he reorganized the army and introduced new fighting tactics. He subdued neighboring peoples, consolidating an empire that encompassed most of southern Africa.

• Menelik II

• Boer

• Shaka

• Mussolini