General
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?
A British company that ruled India.
What is the East India Company?
Why did the imperial powers always win conflicts with colonizers?
They were more industrialized and modernized so they had better weapons, technology, and supplies.
British industrial goods reduced demand for Indian handmade products, causing this effect.
What is deindustrialization?
This is having a very strong immense sense of pride in your country.
Nationalism
This canal in Egypt was controlled by the British.
Suez Canal
The most important British colony, known as "the Crown Jewel" of their empire.
What is India?
Two countries that fought in the Opium Wars.
China & Great Britain
"Hindus and Muslims are being ruled under tyranny and oppression of the English"
What does quote use to describe the cruelty of the English?
tyranny
This economic reason for imperialism focused on acquiring raw materials and new markets.
What is economic exploitation / industrial capitalism?
This European monarch controlled the Congo.
Who is King Leopold II of Belgium?
Russia was defeated by this country when it tried to expand and colonize Korea.
Japan
The concept of "survival of the fittest" amongst the world's nations.
What is Social Darwinism?
Name a reason for migration in response to industrial imperialism
flee forced labor
avoid high taxes imposed by colonizing nations
European nations often justified imperialism by claiming they were spreading this idea of “progress.”
What is civilization / the “civilizing mission”?
The two remaining independent African countries, following the "Scramble for Africa".
Liberia and Ethiopia
A rebellion against the East India Company (British rule) in 1857.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
(or Indian Rebellion of 1857)
Some Southeast Asian communities resisted imperialism by secretly maintaining local leadership under colonial rule.
What is indirect or hidden resistance?
Reason for imperialism in Africa from European nations
Raw Materials OR
Goods for Markets
This term describes foreign control over another region’s political or economic life.
Imperialism
Name one positive effect and one negative effect that imperialism had on Africa.
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
Imperialism in Africa often ignored traditional borders, leading to this long-term consequence.
What is conflict between ethnic groups / political instability?
The REASON for imperialism was 'materials and markets', but the Forces that Enabled (allowed for) imperialism was (3 of them)
Industrial Revolution
Berlin Conference
Technological Advancement