Unit 4: Nationalism, Industrialism, and Imperialism
Lesson F: Imperialism and the New World of the Americas
Key Terms
| Key Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| canal | man-made waterway usually built to connect to natural bodies of water |
| Caste System | system of strict social class division |
| corollary | an extension to an existing document or policy; one example is the Roosevelt Corollary which extended the Monroe Doctrine |
| cultural geography | the study of the impact of how human cultures and geography affect each other |
| descendant | person born after and related to a certain person |
| doctrine | a codification of beliefs or policy; one example is the Monroe Doctrine which asserted the right of the United States to intervene in the affairs of the countries of the Caribbean and Central America |
| military intervention | deliberate act of a country or a group of countries to introduce its military forces into the course of an existing controversy |
| trading partner | a country that another country does business with regularly |
Directions: Practice using these terms.
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