Colonization: occupying the land already inhabited or taking over virtually empty territory
Decolonization: dismantling of colonial empires
Imperialism: when countries seek to acquire the territories of other states and nations, bringing indigenous people under their rule
Extraterritoriality: immunity from jurisdiction of a nation-exemption from local legal jurisdiction
Mandate: the terms under which colonies would be governed under the care of advanced nations
Protectorate: territories whose indigenous leaders requested and were granted crown protections
Iconography: the promotion of nationalist images
Xenophobia: fear of foreigners and/or foreign influences
Third World: originally the countries who chose to remain non-aligned during the Cold War, now the developing world
New International Economic Order: changes in the economic system after decolonization, strengthening the UN in economic and social development; OPEC oil embargoes and prices hikes; reform international trade; and shifting control of marine resources
Neocolonialism: the appearance of being free from colonial rule while still benefiting from the powers that be--satellites
Neoimperialism: new phase of Imperialism being practiced by states that may neither be capitalist or rich, ex. Iraq or Indonesia
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