Unit 6 Ap Vocab

Administrator

A person who manages, especially business or public affairs

Colonialism

The practice of foreign government exercising political or economic control of another community

Color line

The role race and racism had in American society after the abolition of slavery

Customs

The governmental office that administers trade and collects taxes on imports and exports

Emigrate

To leave one country or region, usally the country of origin, in order to settle in another

Exploitative

Making unfair use of a situation for profit or benefit

Famine

An extreme and widespread shortage of food

Formal colonialism

Direct colonial control of a community by a foreign empire

Immigration

How humans move from one place to another

Imperialism

The policy of extending the rule or authority of one nation over other by territorial acquisition or through economic or political dominance

Industrial capitalism

An economic system that combines capitalism with intense manufacturing production in factories, characterized by division of labor to increase efficiency

Migrant

A person who travels from place to place to find employment

Modernization

The process or act of updating or redesigning something to make it look new contemporary

Persecution

A purposeful course of harassing, punishing, or exterminating others, especially because of their race or their religious, moral, or political beliefs

Poverty

The condition of being poor or lacking the necessary means of support

Profit

A financial gain

Racism

The theory or opinion that a certain race or races of people, usually one’s own, ares superior to others because of certain inborn characteristics and any policy or practices based on said belief

Rebellion

An uprising or armed resistance against authority or a government

Reparation

The act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury; payment required of a defeated nation by the victors, for damages, alleged atrocities, or other injury

Rural

Relating to, or describing the country

Segregation

An act of segregating , or the condition of being separated, epically as a policy imposing social operation according to racial or ethnic groups

Social Darwinism

A late 19th century pseudoscientific theory in which Darwinism is applied to the understanding of human society, as in the belief of the genetic superiority of some individuals or groups over others

Subjects

Noun: a person who owes allegiance to a monarchy or state; adj: under the power, authority, or influence of someone or something; verb: to bring under one’s power , authority or influence

Urban

Of or pertaining to a citing or town