Imperialism Vocabulary & Review

Reorder the following

• The Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

• World War I

• Age of Imperialism

• Scientific Revolution

What is the term for the basic materials from which goods, especially goods in the Industrial Revolution, were made?

• Cheap Labor

• Raw Materials

• Manufactured Goods

Answer explanation

Raw Materials are the basic materials from which goods, especially goods in the Industrial Revolution, were made.

Things taken from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people’s needs?

• Manufactured Products

• Natural Resources

• Raw Materials

Answer explanation

Natural resources and raw materials are things taken from the Earth that support life and meet people's needs.

What is a good that is usually produced in factories that use raw materials and/or natural resources to create that good?

• Foreign Policy

• Natural Resources

• Manufactured Goods

Answer explanation

Manufactured Goods are usually produced in factories using raw materials and/or natural resources to create the final product.

A country whose affairs are either completely, or in part, controlled by another more powerful country.

• Sphere of Influence

• Protectorate

• Colony

Answer explanation

A protectorate is a country whose affairs are controlled by another more powerful country, making it the correct choice in this context.

An area of land that is controlled by a powerful country that is usually far away; the country sends its people to live in this area, and the people set up towns, farms, and so on, for the benefit of the powerful country.

• Sphere of Influence

• Protectorate

• Colony

Answer explanation

A colony is an area controlled by a powerful country where its people settle to establish towns and farms for the benefit of the ruling nation.

An area of land that is not directly controlled or ruled by another country, but another country claims this area is theirs, and theirs alone, to trade with, set up colonies in, set up military bases, and so on.

• Sphere of Influence

• Protectorate

• Colonies

Answer explanation

Sphere of influence, in international politics, the claim by a country to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory. The term may refer to a political claim to exclusive control, which other nations may or may not recognize as a matter of fact, or it may refer to a legal agreement by which another state or states pledge themselves to refrain from interference within the sphere of influence.

It is in the latter, legal significance that the term first gained currency in the 1880s when the colonial expansion of the European powers in Africa and Asia was nearing its completion.

A group of nation-states, or lands/territories, that are controlled and ruled over by a larger nation-state.

• Sphere of Influence

• Empire

• Colonies

Answer explanation

An Empire is a political construct in which one state dominates over another state, or a series of states. At its heart, an empire is ruled by an emperor, even though many states in history without an emperor at their head are called "empires."

An empire is the 'mother country' and all its territories, colonies, and protectorates.

To be influenced by or adopt the cultural, political, and/or economic systems of Europe and North America is known as?

• Colonies

• Westernize

• Foreign Policy

Answer explanation

The westernization of a country, place, or person is the process of them adopting ideas and behaviour that are typical of Europe and North America, rather than preserving the ideas and behaviour traditional in their culture.

What is the term for influencing the decisions and conduct of foreign governments or organizations through dialogue, negotiation, and other nonviolent means?

• Imperialism

• Foreign Policy

• Diplomacy

Answer explanation

Diplomacy involves influencing foreign governments through nonviolent means like dialogue and negotiation.