Unit 6 Vocab

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

Policy in which a strong national seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially

Question 2

Extraterritoriality

Answer 2

-The right of foreign residents in a country to live under the laws of their native country and disregard the laws of the host country
-Europeans and American nationals living in areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right

Question 3

Annexation

Answer 3

The adding of a region to the territory of an existing policitcal unit

Question 4

Social Darwinism

Answer 4

-The application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to humans
-justification for imperialist expansion

Question 5

Sphere of Influence

Answer 5

-An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
-Includes treaty ports (trade cities opened to foreign residents because of forced treaties)

Question 6

Economic imperialism

Answer 6

Independent but less developed nations controlled by private business interests rather than by other governments

Question 7

White Dominions

Answer 7

-Colonies in which European settlers made up the over-whelming majority of the population
-Small numbers of native people as they were killed off by disease and conflicts

Question 8

Contested settler societies

Answer 8

-Featured large-scale European settlement despite the existence of large amounts of native people
-Generally resulted in clashes over land, resources, social statuses, and culture differences

Question 9

Protectorate

Answer 9

A country/territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power

Question 10

Berlin Conference

Answer 10

-European powers met in Berlin to divide up Africa
-Beginning of Germany’s imperial power

Question 11

Migration

Answer 11

-the movement of people from one place to another with the intentions of settling (permanently/temporarily) at a new location

Question 12

“Push” factors

Answer 12

-Factors that can cause people to migrate to a new location
-EX: conflict, drought, famine, extreme religious activity, poor economy, or lack of jobs

Question 13

“Pull” factors

Answer 13

-Factors that can draw migrants to a location
-EX: economic opportunities, better living conditions, more jobs, or religious freedom

Question 14

Ethnic enclaves

Answer 14

A geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity

Question 15

Diaspora

Answer 15

-A scattered population whose origin lies in separate geographic locales
-Historically referred to as involuntary mass dispersion of a population from its native lands

Question 16

Emigrate

Answer 16

The act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle somewhere else

Question 17

Monoculture

Answer 17

-The agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant or livestock in a field/system
-Often forced on European colonies during 19th century imperialism

Question 18

Banana Republic

Answer 18

-A politically unstable country with an economy deepest on revenue from exporting a single resource
-Derogatory term describing countries whose economies are controlled by foreign companies

Question 19

White Man’s Burden

Answer 19

-Oriented from Rudyard Kipling’s poem
-Used by white colonizers to justify their duty to care for non white indigenous subjects in their possession