Philosophical Ideologies
This theory applied the biological concept of "survival of the fittest" to human societies to justify racism and dominance.
Social Darwinism
This strategy of control involves bringing in foreign officials to rule a colony without granting the local population any self-rule.
Direct Control
This was a document the Chinese were forced to sign after the Opium Wars
The Treaty of Nanjing
This is the name for the descendants of Dutch settlers who fought both the British and the Zulu for control of South African land.
The Boers
This type of imperialism occurs when a private business interest has more influence over a region than a government does.
Economic Imperialism
This poem and concept expressed the European belief that they had a moral "duty" to bring their culture to "uncivilized" nations.
The White Man’s Burden
This is the name for the specific era of direct British government rule in India that followed the 1857 uprising.
The British Raj
Rather than being a full colony, China was divided into these zones where foreign nations claimed exclusive trading and investment rights.
Spheres of Influence
This British businessman and politician envisioned a British empire in Africa that stretched "from Cairo to Cape Town."
Cecil Rhodes
An "Anti-Imperialist" perspective would most likely focus on these two negative impacts on the colonized population.
Economic exploitation and loss of culture
Industrial factories needed colonies for these two specific economic reasons.
Raw materials and new markets
This was the primary economic reason the British built a massive railroad network across India.
To transport raw materials to ports and manufactured goods to inland markets
This U.S. policy aimed to ensure that China remained available to trade to everyone rather than being divided into colonies.
The Open Door Policy
The discovery of these two specific resources in the late 1800s led to a massive rush of British settlers and increased conflict.
Diamonds and Gold
This strategy of control relies on using existing local rulers to handle daily administration under the oversight of the imperial power.
Indirect Control
This ideology drove European nations to compete for colonies as a way to prove their national greatness and power.
Nationalism
To maximize profit, the British forced Indian farmers to grow these for export instead of food for themselves.
Cash crops
This group used the slogan "Death to the Foreign Devils" during their violent 1900 attempt to expel all foreigners from China.
The Boxers (Boxer Rebellion)
This is the type of imperialism where foreign families move permanently to a new region to establish a new society and farm the land.
Settler Colonialism
When analyzing a document, identifying this involves determining the author's background and how it influences their specific outlook on a situation.
Point of View
Describe the historical context of the Age of Imperialism. You must include who was involved, where they were going, and the three main categories of causes. (20 sec.)
Who: Europeans (and later Japan/USA);
Where: Africa and Asia;
Causes: Economic (Industrial Revolution), Political (Nationalism), and Social (Social Darwinism/Civilizing Mission).
This is the name for the specific era of direct British government rule in India that followed the 1857 uprising.
The British Raj
The fact that a multi-national force was needed to crush the Boxer Rebellion highlighted the extreme weakness of this specific Chinese Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty
This was the most common "civilizing" justification used by missionaries and explorers to explain their presence in Africa and Asia.
Bringing "civilization" (or spreading Christianity)