1. How does a bully gain Power?

2. Imperialism

3. Vocab:  Imperialism  A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially.  How does this happen in Star Wars?

4. Vocab:  Racism  The belief that one race is superior to others

5. Vocab:  Social Darwinism  The application of Darwin’s ideas about evolution and the “Survival of the Fittest” to human societies – especially as justification for imperialist expansion.

6. Vocab:  Boers  Dutch colonists in South Africa (Boer is Dutch for “Farmer”)  Boer War  A war in South Africa from 1899 to 1902 in which the Boers and the British fought for control of the territory.