4.2 Flashcards
Major European empires laid out claims to form state boundaries in Africa
Berlin Conference
Force that divides people
Centrifugal Force
One that helps unify people
Centripetal Force
Period of diplomatic, political and military rivalry between the US and USSR, 1945-1991
Cold War
Type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country
Colonialism
Undoing of colonization, in which indigenous people reclaim soverignty
Decolonization
One or more regions are given increased autonomy by the central political unit
Devolution
Organized mass kiling
Genocide
Influencing another group by direct conquest, economic control or cultural dominance
Imperialism
Nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own
Nationalism
The right to choose their own sovereign government without external influence
Self-Determination
State dominated by another politically and economically
Satellite States