Definitions
A country's extension of power and control over the people of another country
Imperialism
American Empire differentiates itself from traditional colonialism via an Empire of _____
Bases
Imperial force that initially colonized a portion of the United States
Most highly valued natural resource today
Oil
When a country establishes control over another territory through resource extraction, settlement, and governance of its people
colonialism
President Eisenhower
Primary group of people overlooked by the Salt Water Thesis
Indigenous peoples (& other domestic populations)
The colonial act of taking natural resources from a subjugated country for economic benefit
Resource Extraction
When a dominant power forces/pressures colonized indigenous populations to abandon their native ways and adapt to their oppressors' culture.
Cultural Assimilation
Socioeconomic term for the least developed/developing economies globally
Global South
The idea that countries can only be colonized from across a body of water
Salt Water Thesis
This is the meaning of Latin colonia, which is the root of the term Colonialism
Agricultural settlements
Using military power or threats to expand or maintain control over other countries
Military Imperialism
The construct of importing overpriced goods to a country whilst buying severely underpriced resources in turn
Unequal exchange
This organization helped popularize the salt water thesis
The United Nations
A vital resource to industry & military, which drove the Belgian Congo among other colonial efforts, especially during the World Wars
Rubber
An English philosopher who justified settler colonialism by arguing that settlers could claim land through agricultural labour.
John Locke
Foremost defence company in the United States
This territory, one of many taken by the U.S. in World War II, was granted independence in 1946
The Philippines
Form of Colonialism described by Jeremy Bentham in his 'Pauper Panopticon'
Domestic Colonialism