module 23

2. - the countries that border the Pacific Ocean
6. - a human-made waterway that cut through the Isthmus of Suez
9. - when a country is overtaken by a stronger country
12. - the practice where people of a higher status restrict the rights of those below them
14. - the practice of adopting the cultural mannerisms of a country you are not native to
15. - the addition of another, weaker territory to a country
16. - an interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
17. - the belief, stemming from Charles Darwin, that natural selection and survival of the fittest applies to the human race
18. - the canal that was used internationally and established Latin America as a crossroads of world trade

1. - the war between Russia and the Ottomans stemming from the need for a warm water port
3. - the belief that one race is superior to another
4. - "the American continents...are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers"
5. - an extension to the monroe doctrine that stated that the US was an international police power in the Western Hemisphere
7. - the war between the British and the Boers (the first modern "total" war)
8. - another term for Indian soldiers
10. - the war that came about as a result of the Spanish brutality against Cuba which was an American ally
11. - the conference called to lay down the rules for the division of Africa
13. - Latin American army leaders turned military dictators