Definitions
American Empire
History
Money, Labour and Resources
100

A country's extension of power and control over the people of another country

Imperialism

100

American Empire differentiates itself from traditional colonialism via an Empire of _____

Bases

100

Imperial force that initially colonized a portion of the United States

The British Empire
100

Most highly valued natural resource today

Oil

200

When a country establishes control over another territory through resource extraction, settlement, and governance of its people

colonialism

200
U.S. official who coined the term 'Military Industrial Complex'

President Eisenhower

200

Primary group of people overlooked by the Salt Water Thesis 

Indigenous peoples (& other domestic populations)

200

The colonial act of taking natural resources from a subjugated country for economic benefit

Resource Extraction

300

When a dominant power forces/pressures colonized indigenous populations to abandon their native ways and adapt to their oppressors' culture.

Cultural Assimilation

300

Socioeconomic term for the least developed/developing economies globally 

Global South

300

The idea that countries can only be colonized from across a body of water

Salt Water Thesis

300

This is the meaning of Latin colonia, which is the root of the term Colonialism

Agricultural settlements 

400

Using military power or threats to expand or maintain control over other countries

Military Imperialism

400

The construct of importing overpriced goods to a country whilst buying severely underpriced resources in turn

Unequal exchange

400

This organization helped popularize the salt water thesis

The United Nations

400

A vital resource to industry & military, which drove the Belgian Congo among other colonial efforts, especially during the World Wars

Rubber

500

An English philosopher who justified settler colonialism by arguing that settlers could claim land through agricultural labour.

John Locke

500

Foremost defence company in the United States

Lockheed Martin


500

This territory, one of many taken by the U.S. in World War II, was granted independence in 1946

The Philippines

500

Form of Colonialism described by Jeremy Bentham in his 'Pauper Panopticon'

Domestic Colonialism

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