| A | B |
| imperialism | one contry's domination fo the political, economic, and social life of another country |
| colony | a settlement of people outside their homeland, linked with teh parent country by trade and direct government control |
| protectorate | a country whose policies are guided by a foreign nation |
| sphere of influence | area in a country where a foreign power has exclusive rights to trade or invest |
| Rudyard Kipling | British writer captured the essence of the imperialist attitude in his poem "The White Man's Burden" |
| partition | to divide a region |
| viceroy | governor representing a monarch |
| cultural system | in Dutch colonies in Asia, a system of forced labor to get raw material |
| westernization | the spread of European culture |
| Monroe Doctrine | a policy established by the United States that sought to limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere |
| arbitration | process of settling a dispute by submittng it to an impartial third party |