2. What it means: A country or region governed
internally by a foreign power.
Example: When a stronger country comes into
a weaker country and takes over their
government. All the people know exactly
what is going on, it is not a secret that the
weaker country is being controlled by the
stronger one.
3. What it means: A country or territory with its
own internal government but under the
control of an outside power.
Example: When the leader of the weaker
country continues to be the leader, but they
are controlled by the stronger country.
(Think of a puppet).
4. What it means: An area in which an outside
power claims exclusive investment or trading
privileges.
Example: US had a sphere of influence in
Liberia, what that meant is that Liberia was
only allowed to trade with the US, but Liberia
still had some control over the trade.
5. What it means: Independent but less developed
nations controlled by private business
interests rather than by other governments.
Example: Instead of a stronger country
controlling the trade of a weaker nation a
business controlled the trade.
6.
Used political leaders
that were already in
charge.
The stronger country
would train the local
political leaders to use
the form of
government they
wanted the weaker
country to use.
Indirect Control
Viewed Africans as
unable to handle their
own government, and
the stronger country
would step in and rule.
They tried to provide
for people’s needs but
didn’t give them any
rights.
Direct Control
7. What it means: Belief that Africans were like
children and needed to be governed in a
“fatherly” way. This was part of Direct
Control where Europeans brought in their
own government and ruled African countries
with a European method.
8. What it means: This was a policy/belief that all
Africans should become like the French (or
whatever European nation was controlling).
All schools, courts, and businesses were set
up in the same fashion as French schools,
courts, and businesses. French believed that
African culture was inferior to their own.
