Causes
European explorers came into contact with new lands full of exotic plants and animals; many of which served medicinal or scientific purposes.
What are exploratory causes?
Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and France all came together to talk about Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This European country brought India under imperial control.
What is Great Britain
This Chinese export was in great demand by the British.
What is tea?
(silk and porcelain okay too)
The period in which the production of goods shifted from hand production methods to complex machines
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This cause helps protect the empire strategically, as well as adds troops to help fight in conflicts.
What is militarism?
This African Nation was able to resist colonialism during the Imperial Era.
What is Ethiopia?
These Indian soldiers rebelled against Imperial powers.
Who are the Sepoys
The British created consumer demand in China with this product/resource.
What is opium?
The seizure and control of one country by another country is best referred to as
What is imperialism or colonialism?
Extreme loyalty or pride in one's nation.
What is nationalism?
The idea that it was the duty of the Europeans to civilize the people in the colonies.
What is the White Man's Burden?
These are the two main religions in India
What are Hinduism and Islam
or What are Hindu and Muslim
The Chinese lost the two Opium Wars due to lack of this which the British had better and more of.
What are weapons or technology?
During the 1840's China signed these with western nations mainly because they lost the Opium Wars.
What are unequal treaties?
Imperialism was brought on as a result of this main reasons for imperialism.
What is economic gain/industrialization?
The early explorers for imperialist nations.
Who are missionaries?
This business established itself in India to conduct trade and had a strong military for protection.
What is the British/English East India Company?
This was the most important goal of the Meiji.
What is industrialization?
This term is used to describe a region that has experienced a population shift, growth in business, crowding, and city development
What is urbanization?
This happened in India when England began mass producing textiles taking business away from India.
What is an de-industrialization
European countries colonized Africa mostly because of this reason.
What are natural resources?
The two countries that resulted from Gandhi's fight for independence.
What are India and Pakistan?
This U.S. Commodore sailed into Edo Bay in Japan in 1853 with a treaty from the United States President to open Japan to trade with the U.S.
Who is Matthew Perry?
This person was against US imperialism and thought we should protect rather than control.
Who is Mark Twain?