Necessary imperialism vocabulary: imperialism means spreading the rule of one country over that of another country. there are four different kinds of imperialism colonial imperialism: one country taking over another country usually by force. cultural imperialism: one country's culture impacting another country's culture. political imperialism: one country influences the government of another country. economic imperialism: one country controls key aspects of another country's economy. directions: listed below are various examples of imperialism. to the right of each example, write the form of imperialism (from the necessary imperialism vocabulary above) that best describes each action. (refer to the imperialism powerpoint if you need .) the united states set up a government in puerto rico. the united states and germany divided control of the samoan islands. american missionaries taught the hawaiian people about christianity. commodore matthew perry convinced the japanese ruler to open ports to united states trade. the united states overthrew the queen of hawaii and took control of her kingdom. the united states heavily invests in china. new jobs are provided and the economy in china is stimulated. most of the profits from the surge in industry benefit the united states. country a finances the overthrow of the dictator of country b, who is unfriendly to country a. country a only offers financial assistance, not military troops. students in mexico begin to learn and use the language of the united states. they even begin to adopt the style of dress of the students in the united states.