History Vocabulary

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

• Discrimination

• Imperialism

• Genocide

• Assimilation

Process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country.

• Decolonization

• Immigration

• Autonomy

• Infrastructure

When a group of people move into a new country.

• Missionary

• Nomads

• Immigration

• Subsistence Farming

A union or association formed for mutual benefit, often involving military support, especially between countries or organizations.

• Alliances

• Union

• Buddhism

• Interest

System of settling new lands that remain under the government of the settlers' native land.

• Colonization

• Charter

• Mercantilism

• Salutary Neglect

The socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.

• Culture
• Geography
• Economy
• Enlightenment

A formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries; usually brings an end to a war.

• Act
• Treaty
• Embargo
• Impressment

Someone who moves permanently to another country.

• Immigrant

• Emigrant

Someone who leaves his or her own country to live elsewhere.

• Immigrant

• Emigrant

Which of the following is NOT a reason for exploration?

• Religion
  
• Wealth
• Soccer
  
• Glory