Motivations
What was an economic motivation for imperialism?
To gain new raw materials/resources
To gain to markets/people to sell to
A meeting initiated by Otto Von Bismarck in Germany. The objective of the meeting was to peacefully divide up Africa amongst the European nations in attendance.
What is the Berlin Conference?
The Open Door Policy stated that all countries should have equal trading rights in China, and that China should not be colonized by one single foreign power.
Why did the imperial powers always win conflicts with those that they colonized?
They were more industrialized and modernized so they had better weapons, technology, and supplies.
This is having a very strong immense sense of pride in your country.
What is nationalism
The rapid take over of Africa by European nations is known as
The scramble for Africa
Silk, tea, porcelain
These were people who left Europe to try and spread Christianity around the world.
Who are missionaries?
This European monarch controlled the Congo.
Who is King Leopold II of Belgium?
What territory did the Chinese give Britain after the Opium wars?
Hong Kong
Two countries that fought in the Opium Wars.
China & Great Britain
What was the message Rudyard Kipling sent in his poem "The White Man's Burden" ?
it is the responsibility of white men to go help or civilize others
The two remaining independent African countries, following the "Scramble for Africa".
Liberia and Ethiopia
Treaty of Nanjing
Why did China not want to trade with European nations?
China was self-sufficient.
Explain two positive effects and two negative effects that imperialism had on Africa.
Answers will vary.
Positives - provided hospitals, schools, economic expansion, better communication/transportation (railroads, telephones)
Negatives - loss of independence, forced assimilation (loss of traditional culture), colonies divided native tribes arbitrarily
This was a rebellion by Chinese nationalists against foreign influence in China.
What was the Boxer Rebellion
Fighting between the British and Dutch (from Holland) colonizers in South Africa.
What are the Boer Wars?
Boers = Dutch farmers in South Africa