Causes
Need for coal to refuel your ships
What is a political/military cause of Imperialism
The independent trade company whose goal was to make money.
Who was the British East India Company?
Feeling that your culture in superior to others
What is ethnocentrism?
Selling more than you buy
What is a favorable balance of trade?
Lack of military technology, years of isolation, and ethnocentrism
What are the reasons China lost the Opium war?
Belief that stronger countries would eventually take over weak countries
What is Social Darwinism?
A native who was a member of the British East India Company's army
Who was a Sepoy?
This allowed China to regulate trade in its own country.
What is the Canton System?
The final straw that led the Sepoys to rebel.
What is biting the tips of ammunition greased with animal fat?
Hong Kong
What island did the Chinese give Britain in the Treaty of Nanking?
Need for natural resources and markets to sell your goods
What are economic causes of Imperialism?
Teaching classes in English only, taking Mughal artifacts without asking, stopping religious/cultural traditions, feeding Sepoys beef/pork, and sending Sepoy's out of the countries are examples of this
What are examples of disrespect to Indian culture by the BEIC?
The reason why the British East India Company smuggled opium into China
What is the need for silver to buy Chinese luxury goods?
The Treaty that ended the opium war.
What is the Treaty of Nanking?
Loss in the Opium War, Spheres of Influences in China by Foreigners, and Extraterritoriality
What are the reasons for the Boxer Rebellion?
The duty of obligation to spread western civilization to the less civilized people/savages
Introducing Western technology in transportation, communication, and crop production.
What are positive aspects of Imperialism?
People not showing up for work and too much silver leaving China causing inflation
Why did China start the opium war?
The turning point that occurred after the victory in the Sepoy Rebellion by the British.
What is Direct colonization of India by the British?
Tea, porcelain and silk
Why were Europeans interested in China?
Weapons, steam ships, medicine, communication devices, and railroads.
What are the reasons the Industrial Revolution gave Europeans an advantage to Imperialize?
Destroying the Indian textile production, forced famine by turning India into a cash crop economy, and not allowing India businesses to compete with the British.
What are negative aspects of Imperialism?
An area that a foreign country has exclusive trading privileges.
What is a sphere of influence?
This is how Britain paid for direct colonization of India.
What is taxing the Indian people?
Putting pictures of his ex students on a dart board and throwing darts at them
What will Mr. Berger be doing in his retirement?