Unit 6 - WHAP Vocab

Nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

Imperialism

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.

Social Darwinism

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

Corvee Laborers

Unpaid workers who were forced to work on the Suez Canal as a form of taxation

Settler Colony

A form of colonization where foreign family move into a region and an imperial political power oversees the immigration of these settlers.

Berlin Conference

Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa

Spheres of Influence

Areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly.

Taiping Rebellion

A mid-19th century rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in China.

Boxer Rebellion

A 1900 revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.

Monroe Doctrine

A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Manifest Destiny

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

Roosevelt Corollary

Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs

Proclamation of 1763

Law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Indian Removal Act

A congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River

Sepoys

Indian troops who served in the British army

Indian Rebellion of 1857

A revolt led by the "Sepoy" soldiers against the British rule in India. Sparked by the use of animal fat in gun cartridges.

Aboriginal

being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

Export Economies

A function of international trade whereby goods produced in one country are shipped to another country for future sale or trade.

Apartheid

a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

Monocultures

the cultivation of a single crop in a given area.

Economic Imperialism

An independent but less developed country controlled by private business interests rather than other governments

Culture System

collection of cultures that shape a group's common identity.

Treaty of Nanking

treaty ending the Opium War that ceded Hong Kong to the British (1842)

Banana Republic

a small country that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export.

Indentured Servants

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

Emigration

Migration from a location

Remittances

Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash.

White-Collar Workers

category of workers employed in offices, sales, or professional positions

Blue-Collar Workers

category of workers employed in crafts, manufacturing, and nonfarm labor

Chinese Exclusion Act

Law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States.