Motives
This was the primary motive of imperialism. It was also closely connected to the industrial revolution. It is the E portion of the Empire Acronym.
Example: Extracting ivory out of the Congo
Economic
Sepoys
Name a resource that the Europeans wanted to gain by imperializing Africa?
Any of the following:
Diamonds, Ivory, Rubber, Iron, Oil, Copper, Gold, cash crops.
This territory became a colony of the United States
The Philippines
Industrial nations needed ____1_____ from countries they imperialized and they needed these countries to be ______2_______ that bought their manufactured products.
1 resources/raw materials
2 Markets
This motive describes the power gained by European powers in the process of gaining economic wealth and military strength.
Political
Why did Britain sell Opium to China?
1. To make money
2. To encourage the Chinese government to buy British products.
What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1885?
European powers
What did the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal have in common?
They both increased trade by making a more direct route possible
This motive of imperialism is what King Leopold of Belgium said he was bringing to the Congo of Africa. He was lying about this motivation.
Religion
What was the result of the Boxer Rebellion?
Europeans nations worked together to defeat the boxers
Europeans created new political boundaries in Africa. What did they not consider when creating these boundaries?
The needs of Africans
The diverse cultures of Africans
The preexisting ethnic boundaries in Africa
Imperial powers used this motivation to secure more colonies overseas.
Military
What island did the British control after the Opium wars with China?
Hong Kong
The Zulu
How did the U.S. gain the right to build the Panama canal in Panama?
Help Panama gain it's independence from Columbia.
This motive was used to justify Europeans as superior to those that they imperialized.
Ideological
How did the Japanese Meiji restoration help Japan?
1. It helped Japan Industrialize
2. It made Japan competitive with European powers
3. It kept Japan from being dominated by European powers like China did.
What motive influenced the British fighting the Boers in the Boer War in South Africa?
Economic (The British fought the Boers to control access to diamond mines and other resources)
The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War gave the United States control of ___________.
The Philippines