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Imperialism

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show The extension of a nation's power over other territory usually by military force  
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show Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. Nationalism is not patriotism. Often leads to war  
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show Prejudice against other countries or cultures with feelings that only your country or culture is the best.  
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show Increase in military strength by increasing recruits, weapons and positioning one's military ready to strike. Often includes extremism from that nation's citizens to go to battle.  
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Racism   show
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Colonies   show
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Scramble for Africa   show
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show Built on Darwin's "survival of the fittest" theory that those animals that can adapt physically will survive. However, ethnocentric races coined the phrase against other races meaning they were less socially adaptive than their own.  
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White Man's Burden   show
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Civilize   show
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Christianity   show
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show Can include language, dress, religion, customs of a group of people with the same identification  
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show 1300s-1400s when new sea routes were explored for trading posts due to Ottoman Turk attacks on the Spice Route and Silk Road. Territory in Africa, India, and other areas were wanted but only for trade  
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New Imperialism   show
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show When colonizers ousted the government in place and substituted their own type of rule and law.  
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show When colonizers "permitted" the colonized countries' rulers to remain in place but with the colonizer directing them. Also known as "puppet governments."  
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show Territories where a European country claimed special economic rights and privileges  
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Extraterritoriality   show
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show New chancellor of Germany credited for unifying the German states into one country. He led the Berlin Conference--this was the beginning of Germany rising to power  
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show Convened by Portugal, but held in Berlin and led by von Bismarck, with the purpose to redraw the boundaries of countries in Africa among those countries fighting for territory.  
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"The sun never sets on the British Empire"   show
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show European country that colonized the Congo for their rubber resources and committed heinous acts of human abuse  
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show King of Belgium who allowed terrible acts of human abuse to assure the quick supply of rubber to Belgium  
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How many counries invited to the Berlin Conference?   show
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Which countries competed for African territory?   show
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show No. India and China in Asia were also colonized  
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