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| Nationalism | A feeling which leads people to desire unity, freedom and complete control over their own affairs |
| Civic Nationalism | This gives membership to all those born in a country and to those who commit to supporting it. Such nationalism is blind to race, color, creed, gender, language, or ethnicity so long as members subscribe to the nation’s political creed |
| Ethnic Nationalism | This argues that it is not the state that creates the nation, but the people who create the state |
| Imperialism | This is the deliberate attempt by the people of one country to extend their rule over the people of other areas – against their wishes |
| Degrees of Imperialism | Concession, Sphere of Influence, Protectorate or Dependency, Colony, Annexation and Neo-Imperialism |
| Concession | This is a right given up by one society to another. It might be political or economic |
| Sphere of Influence | This involves one society having some ability to control the behavior of another |
| Protectorate or Dependency | These terms denote open admission that one country controls another in terms of protection |
| Colony | This involves a high degree of control, in which the mother country runs the internal affairs of the subject state |
| Annexation | This involves a complete take-over or absorption of territory |
| Social Darwinism | Loose set of ideologies that emerged in the late 1800s in which Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was used to justify certain political, social, or economic views |
| Militarism | The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong defense capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests |
| Triple Alliance | a union or association between three powers or states Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
| Triple Entente | Military alliance formed between Russia, Great Britain and France before World War I |
| Franz Ferdinand | Archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I |
| Gavrilo Princip | Serbian nationalist who became the catalyst for World War I when he assassinated an Austrian official |
| Why was it hard for European nations to colonize Africa | Mosquitoes, microbes, and people |
| Opioids | Major European commodity that Asians became addicted to |
| Industrialization | when an economy goes from being based on agriculture to being based on manufacturing and other industries |
| Strogest Ground Forces in Europe | Germany |
| Largest Naval Forces | Britain |
| Serbia backed by | Russia |
| Austria-Hungary backed by | Germany |