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Economic motives

100

During the 19th century, this allowed for goods to be mass-produced on such a scale that it became essential to find new sources of raw materials with which to make them and new markets in which to sell them.

What is the industrial revolution?

200

The first country to under go the Industrial Revolution.

What is Britain?

300

This revolutionized textiles industries, railways, and ships.

What is a steam-powered machinery?

400

This is one reason European countries wanted to expand into Africa?

What is to identify and exploit new sources of raw materials?

500

European countries began competing for new overseas possessions to help ease the enormous pressure to protect and promote their nations' economies to guarantee this.

What is to provide guaranteed markets for their industrial products?

Political Motives

100

European nations looked overseas in order to enhance their own industrialization and increase their wealth, power, prestige, and influences because

What is the political map of Europe being settled?

200

British government formally adopted the "two power standard" under this act.

What is the Naval Defense Act 1889?

300

European countries used imperialism as a way to move attention away from this issue

What is social, economic, and political inequalities among the working class and the wealthy? 

400

This was created to link the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea to make travel and trade with the Far East much fast and more cost-effective.

What is the Suez Canal?

500

European governments increasingly portrayed overseas possessions as symbols of this

What is national pride and power?

Vocabulary

100

An economic policy based on the belief that there was only a limited amount of wealth in the world.

What is mercantilism?

200

People who invest their money (known as capital) in business ventures.

Who are entrepreneurs?

300

Falling prices caused by a drop in demand that leads to falling wages and unemployment, which in turn, further reduces demand as less people can afford to buy goods. 

What is deflation?

400

A sense of belonging to a nation and supporting its interests above those of other nations.

What is nationalism?

500

The policy of extending a nation's power by gaining political and economic control over more territory.

What is imperialism?

Nature of New Imperialism

100

Whereas 'Old Imperialism' focused on the New World (North and South America), 'New Imperialism' centered around these continents 

What are Africa and Asia?

200

This effectively laid down rules by which European nations should carry out their plans for expansion in Africa - a clear attempt to avoid possible confrontation.

What is the Berlin Treaty of 1885?

300

Earlier imperialism had been carried out by the main European powers of the time, which were

What are Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands?

400

David Livingstone was known for discovering the source of this

What is The River Nile?

500

This allowed for opportunities to increase vital trade links with the Far East

What is the crumbling Chinese Empire?