Imperialism Basics
This term means extending a country’s power and influence over other territories.
What is imperialism?
European factories needed colonies as new places to sell these.
What are manufactured goods?
Producing more goods than consumers could purchase created this economic problem.
What is overproduction?
Colonies could increase a nation’s international power and this measure of its reputation or importance.
What is prestige?
This canal provided a much shorter sea route between Europe and Asia.
What is the Suez Canal?
Under this economic system, colonies supplied resources and markets to benefit the home country.
What is mercantilism?
Rubber, cotton, copper, tin, and palm oil are examples of these materials needed by European industries.
What are raw materials?
Overproduction caused prices and profits to fall, leading businesses to reduce production and eliminate these.
What are jobs?
Poverty, unemployment, and inequality could create this problem within European countries.
What is social unrest?
The Suez Canal was especially important because it helped Britain communicate and trade with this important colony.
What is India?
Colonies increased this feeling by demonstrating a nation’s power, importance, and prestige.
What is nationalism?
This economic development increased factory production and encouraged European imperial expansion.
What is industrialisation?
During this period of economic difficulty, European governments looked to colonies for new markets and opportunities.
What is the Long Depression?
Overseas victories could create national pride and distract citizens from these difficulties at home.
What are domestic problems?
Britain occupied this country in 1882 to protect its investments and the route through the Suez Canal.
What is Egypt?
After 1871, European countries looked overseas partly because expanding within this continent had become difficult and dangerous
What is Europe?
Britain worried about losing markets because of growing industrial competition from Germany, France, and this country.
What is the United States?
This thinker argued that colonies were often an unnecessary expense and that free trade could bring greater benefits.
Who was Adam Smith?
These two leaders argued that colonies could provide markets, employment, and economic benefits for society.
Who were Jules Ferry and Joseph Chamberlain?
Britain’s navy was supposed to be at least as strong as the next two largest navies combined under this policy.
What was the two-power standard?
Imperialism was caused by a combination of these three types of motives.
What are economic, political, and strategic motives?
Explain two ways industrialisation encouraged imperialism.
What are the need for new markets and the need for reliable supplies of raw materials?
This critic argued that wealthy investors supported imperialism because they wanted profitable opportunities overseas.
Who was John Hobson?
Some leaders used imperialism as this type of policy because they believed it might reduce social unrest and benefit workers
What is a social policy?
Britain’s concern with the Suez Canal and the two-power standard demonstrates the importance of this motive for imperialism.
What is the strategic motive?