Rationales for Imperialism
A policy by which a country takes over another's politics, society and economy.
What is Imperialism
A conference where Europeans divided African territory amongst themselves.
What was the Berlin Conference?
Country where Europeans mainly established Spheres of Influence
What is China.
Technologies in transportation that helped Europeans expand quickly in Africa and Asia.
What are Railroads and steamships?
The reason may people migrated to different places during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Better economic opportunities.
Strong loyalty to one's country, military defeats, and advanced weapons lead to competition and expansion
What is Nationalism
Event created by the Berlin Conference, where Europeans rapidly expanded into Africa and claimed their territory.
What was the "Scramble for Africa"
Though the Taiping and Boxer Rebellion failed, the end result was what?
What is increased European influence in China.
A type of crop that is solely grown for export. This crop is meant to be sold.
What are cash crops.
Industry that many Irish and Chinese immigrants worked in in the US.
What is the railroad industry.
Europeans "superior" to Africans and Asians encouraging the survival of the fittest mentality for expansion
What are social reasons for imperialism.
Medicine that helped Europeans travel into the interior of Africa. Allowing for easier expansion in Africa.
What is Quinine.
British company slowly expanded territory and influence in India, eventually becoming a like country itself. The Dutch had a similar company that functioned mainly in South East Asia.
What is the British East India Company.
This Treaty with China gave the British the Island of Hong Kong and forced China to open trade with Europe and America
What was the Treaty of Nanjing.
Places in cities that are made up of people from the same culture or ethnicity, like Chinatown or Little Italy. Helped cultural diffusion.
What are Ethnic Enclaves.
Spread Christianity to help Africans and Asians become more European. Led to combination of Christian and native beliefs and humanitarian efforts.
What are religious reasons for imperialism.
Empires where Europeans have territory along the coasts of Africa and Asia. It began in the 16-1700s and allowed for the expansion of European power in Africa and Asia.
What are trade post empires.
Regions of another country where Europeans have exclusive trade rights.
What are Spheres of Influence.
Through the United Fruit Company, the US pressured these "Republics" to maintain conditions to grow fruits, typically Bananas, and help US businesses.
What are Banana Republics.
The Chinese Exclusion Act, 1879 California Constitution, Australian Immigration Regulation Act, Australian Restriction Act are all examples of what effect of migration?
What is prejudice and discrimination/Racism?
Industrial revolution increased the need for raw materials and new markets. Leading to expansion of Europeans' trade rights in Africa and Asia
What are economic reasons for imperialism
Canal connecting the Red and Mediterranean Seas, taken over by the British, giving them economic power in Eypt.
Societies in other countries made up of people who are not native to that region. This type of society helped Japan establish colonies in Latin America.
What are Colonization Societies.
Cash crops led to negative effects such as...
What are high food prices, monoculture, deforestation, loss of soil fertility, and crop diseases.
Women being more autonomous in home, longer school attendance for children, and fewer working hours for women and children, were all effects of what?
What are shifts in gender roles