Economic motives
During the 19th century, this allowed for goods to be mass-produced on such a scale that it became essential to find new sources of raw materials with which to make them and new markets in which to sell them.
What is the industrial revolution?
European nations looked overseas in order to enhance their own industrialization and increase their wealth, power, prestige, and influences because
What is the political map of Europe being settled?
An economic policy based on the belief that there was only a limited amount of wealth in the world.
What is mercantilism?
Whereas 'Old Imperialism' focused on the New World (North and South America), 'New Imperialism' centered around these continents
What are Africa and Asia?
The first country to under go the Industrial Revolution.
What is Britain?
British government formally adopted the "two power standard" under this act.
What is the Naval Defense Act 1889?
People who invest their money (known as capital) in business ventures.
Who are entrepreneurs?
What is the Berlin Treaty of 1885?
This revolutionized textiles industries, railways, and ships.
What is a steam-powered machinery?
European countries used imperialism as a way to move attention away from this issue
What is social, economic, and political inequalities among the working class and the wealthy?
What is deflation?
Earlier imperialism had been carried out by the main European powers of the time, which were
What are Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands?
This is one reason European countries wanted to expand into Africa?
This was created to link the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea to make travel and trade with the Far East much fast and more cost-effective.
What is the Suez Canal?
A sense of belonging to a nation and supporting its interests above those of other nations.
What is nationalism?
What is The River Nile?
European countries began competing for new overseas possessions to help ease the enormous pressure to protect and promote their nations' economies to guarantee this.
What is to provide guaranteed markets for their industrial products?
European governments increasingly portrayed overseas possessions as symbols of this
What is national pride and power?
The policy of extending a nation's power by gaining political and economic control over more territory.
What is imperialism?
This allowed for opportunities to increase vital trade links with the Far East
What is the crumbling Chinese Empire?