Entrepreneurial
European nations wanted colonies largely to gain access to these valuable natural materials like rubber, oil, and gold.
raw materials
European nations often held these large public events to display goods and cultures from their colonies.
World's Fairs
This transportation system allowed imperial nations to move goods and troops quickly within colonies.
railroads
This British sport spread widely throughout Africa and India during imperial rule.
Soccer
In the Congo, large areas of land were exploited for this product used to make tires and industrial goods.
rubber
A war was fought because the Chinese government was trying to stop the British from selling this drug to the Chinese people.
opium
This 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling encouraged imperialism by describing it as a duty to “civilize” others.
White Man's Burden
This invention improved communication across oceans and helped empires manage distant territories.
Telegraph
This international sporting event, revived in 1896, reflected imperial rivalries and national pride.
The Olympics
This kingdom was a great strategic location for a naval base because it was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Hawai'i
American businessmen overthrew Queen Liliuokalani so they could sell this product to the U.S. without tariffs.
Sugar
Human exhibitions in Europe sometimes displayed colonized people in staged villages, often called this degrading term.
Human zoos
This steam-powered ship revolutionized global trade and naval dominance in the 1800s.
steamship
This mosquito-borne disease made African colonization difficult until Europeans developed treatments.
Malaria
Series of U.S. military interventions in Central America were called the __________ Wars because it helped the interests of the American Fruit Company.
Banana
areas in which foreign powers had been granted exclusive rights and privileges
Spheres of Influence
Imperialism often spread Western clothing, language, and religion, influencing this broader concept of shared traditions and arts.
Culture
This 1914 engineering project connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, strengthening U.S. imperial power.
Panama Canal
British colonists promoted this bat-and-ball sport heavily in India.
Cricket
Imperial powers often cleared forests in colonies to grow crops that were sold for money and not to feed people.
Cash crops
This policy allowed countries to trade freely with China, without one nation having total control.
Spheres of Influence
This ideology used evolutionary language to justify European domination as “natural.”
The Emperor Mutsuhito and his advisors industrialized and modernized Japan as a way to protect the country during the _______________ Restoration.
Meiji
This drug, made from the bark of the cinchona tree, helped Europeans survive in tropical colonies.
Quinine
Species from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean are invading the Mediterranean Sea through this waterway which was built over 150 years ago.
Suez Canal