Informal empire

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/informal-empire

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the means of control?Extraterritorial privileges, economic/political sanctions, strategic exclusion of rivals
2. What is the economic domination?Asymmetric trade, debt dependency, threat of sanctions
3. How does a big country influence a smaller one without owning it?They use things like trade deals, money loans, or showing ships to make the smaller country follow their rules.
4. What tools do big countries use in an informal empire?They use economic power, threats of sanctions, special legal rules for their own people, and sometimes naval presence to keep control.

Extraterritoriality: Exemption from local jurisdiction, allowing foreign nationals to be tried under their own country's laws.
Dollar Diplomacy: A foreign policy using the threat of economic power to influence other countries.
Neocolonialism: The use of economic, political, or cultural influence to control or exploit former colonies.