HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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a sense of national pride and aggressive foreign policy
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an area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges.
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the power to impress or influence because of success or wealth
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domination by one country of political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which phrase best describes the term sphere of influence? EXPLANATION: A sphere of influence is an area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges. It was a form of Western imperial control.
Detailed explanation-2: -A protectorate is when a country is able to govern itself through its own internal government, but is still controlled by an outside power. Local government officials were “allowed” to remain in power, but the style of government is based on European structure.
Detailed explanation-3: -Colony-A country or a region governed internally by a foreign power.
Detailed explanation-4: -But it is his role in the history of Ethiopia for which Menelik II is most revered to this day, for it was he who defeated a European nation – Italy – on the field of battle, to defend Ethiopian independence.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following statements BEST represents Social Darwinism as it applies to American imperialism? Based on the laws of nature, powerful nations were justified in dominating weaker nations.