WH Nationalism and Imperialism Vocabulary

the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation- that is, to the people with whom they share a culture and history- rather than to a king or empire

• paternalism
• socialism
• nationalism
• communism

“the politics of reality”- the practice of tough power politics without room for idealism

• realpolitik
• racism
• Smith Process
• kaiser

a German emperor (from the Roman title Caesar)

• union
• Raj
• dictator
• kaiser

a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially

• imperialism
• paternalism
• nationalism
• capitalism

in the first half the belief that one race is superior to others

• industry
• racism
• entrepreneur
• prohibition

the application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies- particularly as justification for imperialist expansion

• geopolitics
• Social Darwinism
• Crimean War
• Boer

a meeting in 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa

• Berlin conference
• annexation
• Austrian conference
• economic interdependence

a Dutch colonist in South Africa

• kaiser
• Raj
• Boer
• realpolitik

a conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa

• Boer War
• Crimean War
• World War
• Social Darwinism

 a policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing fro their needs but not giving them rights

• paternalism
• imperialism
• urbanization
• nationalism