Imperialism Vocab

What is Imperialism?

• policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• A conflict between Great Britain and China

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

What does Colonialism refer to?

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• policy or practice of control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

• The uprising against foreign/Western influence in China

What is a Sepoy?

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• An Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the company's interests in the region

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• Conflict between Great Britain and China over the British importing opium into China and marketing it

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• A conflict between Great Britain and China over opium

• An uprising against foreign/Western influence in China that was crushed when Western powers sent in a military force

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What were the Opium Wars?

• An uprising against foreign/Western influence in China that was crushed when Western powers sent in a military force

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• Conflict between Great Britain and China over the British importing opium into China and marketing it

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

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What is Direct Rule?

• A colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their position of authority and status

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• A colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials brought from the mother country

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

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What is Indirect Rule?

• A colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials brought from the mother country

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• A colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their position of authority and status

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What was the East India Company?

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• A conflict between Great Britain and China

• An uprising against foreign/Western influence in China

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

What is Social Darwinism?

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• A colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their position of authority and status

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Incorporating territory into an existing political unit, such as a city or country.