Nangle Imperialism Vocab
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- Colonization
- to settle or establish a colony
- Condominium
- a unit in apartment house
- Extraterritorial Rights
- an exemption of foreign residents from the laws of a country
- Cash Crop
- any crop that is considered easily marketable like wheat or cotton
- Sepoy
- an Indian soldier serving under British command
- Russo-Japanese War
- 1904 to 1905 conflict between Russia and Japan sparked by the two countries efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea
- Imperialism
- a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, and socially
- Roosevelt Corollary
- a Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine asserting that the US might inter vein in the in the affairs of an American Republic threatened with seizure or interference by a European Country
- Maharajah
- a ruling prince of India
- Commodore Perry
- Us naval officer who forced Japan to open trade with Us
- Open Door Policy
- Proposed by the US in 1899 under which all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in china
- Racism
- the belief that one race is superior to others
- Suez Canal
- a human made waterway which was opened in 1869 connecting the red sea and the med sea
- Sphere of Influence
- a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities
- Protectorate
- a relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or reign