AP HUG Unit 4.2-3 Vocab

colonialism

when a more powerful country acquires full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

imperialism

when one country dominates colonies far from their home country and often imposes their culture on them

independence movement

people that are trying to gain political independence for some area that they think should be its own country

self determination

the idea that nations should rule themselves instead of being controlled by others

chokepoint

a strategic narrow route providing passage through or to another region

neocolonialism

gaining indirect control of another country through economic or cultural pressures

shatterbelt

a region caught between stronger colliding external forces, under persistent stress, often fragment by aggressive rivals