2. Colonization Vocabulary

What does colonization primarily involve?

• A country or group taking control over an external territory

• Promoting cultural exchange without exerting control

• Sharing resources equally between countries

• A country establishing control over its own territory

What is exploitation in the context of colonization?

• Sharing technology and culture with the colonized

• The process of gaining independence from colonizers

• Using resources or people for benefit without fair compensation

• Paying fair wages for resources or labor

What does decolonization signify?

• Exploiting more resources for development

• Undoing colonization and regaining independence

• The act of establishing a new colony

• The beginning of a new colonization process

What is cultural assimilation?

• The colonized adopting the culture of the colonizer

• Both cultures merging to form a new one

• The colonizer adopting the culture of the colonized

• Preserving indigenous traditions without change

Who are considered indigenous people?

• People who arrive in a region after colonization

• The colonizers of a territory

• Individuals who do not participate in cultural assimilation

• Native inhabitants of a region before colonization

What does independence from colonization mean?

• The process of starting a new colony

• Being free from the control and influence of the colonizer

• The act of colonizing another territory

• Continuing to live under the control of the colonizer