Imperialism Vocab
A policy where a powerful nation extends control over another territory or people
Imperialism
This encouraged countries to compete for colonies to prove their strength
Nationalism
Britain sold this product to China, causing conflict
Opium
This period when European nations competed to claim African territory.
The Scramble for Africa
The separation of groups based on race or culture
segregation
When a country takes direct control of another territory and governs it as a colony
colonialism
This involved building up armies and navies to protect and expand empires
Militarism
Unlike China, Japan responded to western pressure by doing this
modernizing
The 1884-85 meeting where European nations set rules for claiming Africa
Conference of Berlin
The Cherokee
The belief that stronger nations had the right to dominate weaker nations.
Social Darwinism
A relationship where nations depend on each other for trade and resources.
Interdependence
Japan became an imperial power after defeating these two countries
China and Russia
This German leader organized the Conference of Berlin
Otto Von Bismarck
The forced removal of the Cherokee became known by this name
The Trail of Tears
The idea that European nations had a duty to "civilize" other peoples
White Man's Burden
An area where a foreign power had special economic or political rights without directly governing or ruling the people living there
Sphere of Influnece
Japans modernization period is known as this restoration
Meiji Restoration
This Belgian king controlled the Congo and exploited its resources
King Leopold II
This waterway made Egypt important to Britain
Suez Canal
A nation’s ability to make its own decisions without outside control
Sovereignty
Egypt became this for Britain because it supported Britain's empire and Trade routes
Hinterland
This Treaty ended the first opium war
The Treaty of Nanking
Britain wanted Egypt mainly because it protected the route to this colony
India
Egypt's modernization projects created this major problem
debt