Foundations of Imperialism & Economic Imperialism Concepts
This Chinese official criticized Britain’s opium trade in a letter to Queen Victoria.
Who is Lin Zexu?
This drug grown in South Asia became highly profitable for Britain in trade with China.
What is opium?
After colonization, African farmers were encouraged or forced to grow these instead of food crops.
What are cash crops?
This country replaced Spain as Latin America’s main trading partner.
What is Great Britain?
This economic change allowed Britain to mass-produce cheap textiles and dominate global markets.
What is Industrial Revolution?
This conflict began when China tried to stop the opium trade.
What is the First Opium War?
Dependence on one crop made African economies vulnerable to this problem.
What is famine or economic instability?
This U.S. policy declared the Americas off-limits to European colonization.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
By the late 1800s, India primarily exported this raw material instead of finished textiles.
What is raw cotton?
Britain traded opium in China to gain more of this valuable metal.
What is silver?
This region became the world’s largest producer of cocoa.
What is the Gold Coast?
This term describes countries dominated economically by foreign corporations.
What are banana republics?
This term describes foreign businesses controlling or influencing another country’s economy.
What is economic imperialism?
This treaty ended the First Opium War and forced China to open ports and give up territory.
What is the Treaty of Nanking?
Some companies refused to buy goods produced using this type of labor.
What is slave labor?
This country became one of the richest in Latin America due to British investment.
What is Argentina?
Colonies were turned into these economies focused on producing goods for export rather than local use.
What are export economies?
This company dominated trade in India and later focused on textiles.
What is the British East India Company?
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This natural resource became the main export of Chile.
What is copper?