imperialism, the policy of one country extending political, economic, or military control over another, raw material, unprocessed natural resources such as logs and iron ore, market, a place, generally another country, where one can buy and sell raw materials or manufactured goods, colony, a territory claimed and ruled by another country; in many instances, people travelled from the ruling country to create settlements in colonies, protectorate, an area that ruled itself but was guided by another, more powerful, country, sphere of influence, a region in which an outside country influences or controls political or economic events for its own gain; this may have an impact on the culture of the region, company land grant, a region granted to a company for economic gain.

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