Unit 3: Imperialism and WWI Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Motives for imperialism such as the desire to spread Christianity
  2. 7. Country with its own government but under control of an outside power
  3. 9. Motives for imperialism such as pride and competition with other nations
  4. 11. (2 words)Exaggerated or sensationalized news stories meant to attract readers
  5. 12. One nation extending their power and influence over other lands
  6. 14. Adding territory to a country
  7. 15. (2 words)Volunteer cavalry unit led by Theodore Roosevelt that helped secure Cuba during the battle of San Juan Hill
  8. 16. (3 words)A brief 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spain’s colonial empire and established the U.S. as a major world power
Down
  1. 1. Motives for imperialism such as strategic naval bases
  2. 2. (2 words)U.S. Battleship exploded in Havana Harbor, newspapers blamed Spain
  3. 3. Territory directly governed by a foreign power
  4. 4. Pacific island kingdom annexed by the U.S. in 1898 to protect American sugar interests
  5. 6. (3 words)Treaty that officially ended the Spanish-American War and gave territories previously owned by Spain to the U.S.
  6. 8. Spanish colony fighting for independence prior to the Spanish-American War
  7. 10. Motives for imperialism such as the belief that one culture is "better" than another
  8. 13. Motives for imperialism such as new markets, raw materials, and trade routes