week 2 quiz review

Nationalism

Belief that a group of people who share a common culture, history, or identity should be united under their own independent state, creating loyalty to the nation rather than to other groups or regions.

Self-determination

The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves

Imperialism

The policy or process by which a state extends political, economic, or cultural control over

another territory or people, often through colonization, military force, or economic dominance.

Colonization

Process by which a state establishes settlements in a foreign territory and imposes political,

economic, and cultural control over the land and its people.

Devolution

The process by which central governments transfer power or authority to regional or local

governments within the state, often in response to ethnic, cultural, or economic pressures

Satellite states

Countries that are formally independent but are heavily influenced or controlled

politically, economically, or militarily by another, more powerful state.

Berlin conference

A meeting (1884-1885) of European powers in which Africa was divided into

territories without regard to existing ethnic or cultural boundaries, establishing formal rules for

colonization there.

Genocide

The systematic and deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those belonging to

a particular ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race, with the intent to destroy that group.

Cold War

A period of political and military tension (1945–1991) between the United States and the

Soviet Union, marked by conflict over political and economic systems, nuclear competition, and the

creation of rival alliances without direct fighting between the superpowers.