Imperialism Vocabulary

KAP World History KVS Vocabulary Quiz Review

Imperialism

the extension of a nation’s power over other lands

Racism

the belief that race determines a person’s traits and capabilities

Gunboat Diplomacy

the practice of one state threatening another state with a nearby navy to force a treaty or unfair privileges

Protectorate

a political unit that depends on another government for its protection

Indirect Rule

a colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status

Direct Rule

colonial government in which local elites were removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought from the colonizing country

Annex

to incorporate into an existing political unit, such as a city or country

Indigenous

native to a region

Sepoy

an Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the company’s interests in the region

Viceroy

governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch

Dollar Diplomacy

diplomacy that seeks to strengthen the power of a country or effect its purposes in foreign relations by the use of its financial resourcesExtraterritoriality

Extraterritoriality

living in a section of a country set aside for foreigners but not subject to the host country’s laws

Self-strengthening

a policy promoted by reformers toward the end of the Qing dynasty under which China would adopt Western technology while keeping its Confucian values and institutions

Spheres of Influence

areas in which foreign powers have been granted exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading rights and mining privileges

Open Door Policy

a policy proposed by US Secretary of State John Hay in 1899, that stated all powers with spheres of influence in China would respect equal trading opportunities with China and not set tariffs giving an unfair advantage to the citizens of their own country

Indemnity

the payment for damages