Definition & Concepts
This is the policy or practice of extending a country's control over foreign territories and people.
What is Imperialism?
These three economic motivations drove imperial powers to expand their territories.
What are access to raw materials, new markets for goods, and investment opportunities/profit?
This was the largest British colony and was ruled for 200 years.
What is India?
This European power colonized Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos) in Southeast Asia.
What is France?
Name two negative impacts of imperialism on colonized peoples.
What are loss of sovereignty, cultural suppression, resource extraction, labor exploitation, and famines?
Name all five main types of imperialism discussed in the unit.
What are colonial imperialism, economic imperialism, cultural/ideological imperialism, settler colonialism, and strategic/military imperialism?
Explain how industrialization created a need for imperialism.
What is industrialized nations needed raw materials for factories, new markets to sell manufactured goods, and investment opportunities for capital?
Name at least three Caribbean territories that were part of the British Empire.
What are Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad?
This U.S. territory, colonized after the Spanish-American War, is still a U.S. territory today.
What is Puerto Rico?
Explain two ways that imperialism continues to affect the world today.
What are ongoing economic inequality, legacies of conflict, decolonization movements, and the persistence of cultural/linguistic influences from former colonial powers?
This form of imperialism involves the dominance of language, religion, education, and values rather than military force.
What is cultural/ideological imperialism?
This phrase, coined by Rudyard Kipling, expressed the belief that it was the duty of Western powers to "civilize" other peoples.
What is the "White Man's Burden"?
The British Empire controlled these three regions in Asia-Pacific besides India.
What are Hong Kong, Singapore, Burma, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada?
This country colonized the Philippines after the Spanish-American War and annexed Hawaii as a territory.
What is the United States?
This long-term effect of imperialism still affects many former colonies today, as colonial powers extracted resources and wealth.
What is ongoing economic inequality?
This type of imperialism is characterized by large-scale European migration and permanent settlement, often resulting in the displacement or elimination of indigenous populations.
What is settler colonialism?
This political/military reason for imperialism involved establishing bases in strategic locations to project global power and control trade routes.
What is strategic/military imperialism?
This time period marks the approximate span of British imperial dominance.
What is the 1800s-1950s?
The French Empire controlled these West African territories during the height of imperialism.
What are Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, and Guinea? (Accept any two)
This modern problem can be traced back to imperialism, as European powers drew borders without regard to ethnic, cultural, or linguistic groups.
What are modern borders and legacies of conflict?
This type of imperialism involves control through money, debt, and trade rather than direct military rule, leaving the territory nominally independent but economically dependent.
What is economic imperialism?
This belief in racial and cultural superiority was used to justify imperialism during the 19th century.
What is Social Darwinism?
Name two African territories controlled by the British Empire during the height of imperialism.
What are Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe?
Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia were North African colonies of this imperial power.
What is France?
These two things benefited colonizers as a result of imperialism.
What are economic wealth and political power?