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Colonization and Conquering words
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Social Studies
7th Grade
09/25/2014

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Term
Diaspora
Definition
Any group that has been dispersed outside it's traditional homeland, especially involuntarly, as Africans during the transatlantic slave trade
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Dutch East Indies Company
Definition
Founded to carry an economic warfare against Spain and Portugal by striking at the colonies in the West Indies, South America, and Africa.
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Ecomedias
Definition
System institutioned in 1503. Spanish soldiers or colonists were granted a tract of land with it's native inhabitants.
Term
Joint Stock Co.
Definition
Business in which people invest by pooling their wealth to share risks + profits of a company
Term
Smallpox
Definition
acute + infectious disease cause by a virus, characterized by high fever + large sores on the body.
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Imperialism
Definition
Policy of extending authority of a nation over foreign countries of acquiring/holding colonies and dependencies.
Term
4 types of imperialism?
Definition

Colony

Protectorate

Sphere of influence

Economic Imperialism

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What's a colony? (Imperialism)
Definition
governed intentionally by foreign power (Direct control) Like the US under British.
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Protectorate
Definition
Has own internal government but under control of another (Inderect control) Like the Virgin Islands.
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Sphere of Influence
Definition
Another country has exclusive control of production on certain products
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Economic Imperialism
Definition
Company controls a less developed nation.
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