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Name:________________________________
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World History
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Imperialism
Define Imperialism_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Motivations for Imperialism
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Africa
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The Europeans were interested in Africa for its raw materials and diamonds
Berlin Conference______________________________________________________________________________
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Great Trek- when the Boers (Dutch) moved north in order to escape the British. However, they
moved in the Zulu’s territory and took over
Boer War______________________________________________________________________________
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Ethiopa was the only successful country to resist the Europeans
Africans lost because they did not have the weapons or $
Negative effects______________________________________________________________________________
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Positive effects______________________________________________________________________________
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Muslim Lands
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The Ottoman Empire falls because Suleyman I left a weak leader to rule, the government
leaders were corrupt, and were fighting each other, and they had no $
Geopolitics- ____________________________________________________________
Crimean War- geopolitical war between the Ottomans and Russians over the Black Sea. The
Ottomans controlled it but the Russians wanted it for trade. The British and French
supported the Ottomans and Russia lost.
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The Great Game___________________________________________________________________________
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Egypt
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Modernizes military and economy by building Suez Canal
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So broke they sell land
Persia
India
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Controlled by the English
Important to the English because of its raw materials
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Positives ________________________________________________________________________
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Southeast Asia
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The Europeans wanted Southeast Asia for its agriculture- sugar, coffee, cocoa, rubber, coconuts,
bananas, and pineapples.
Indonesia
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Controlled by- ______________________________________
Class system______________________________________________________________________________
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Singapore, Malaysia, and Burma
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Controlled by - _____________________________________
Purpose of Singapore was trade
Malaysia- the British encouraged the Chinese to move their making Malaysians a minority in
their own country
Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam)
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Controlled by _____________________
Direct control
Forced their culture on the natives
Vietnam had no access to their own crops.
Siam (Thailand)
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Independent because the King modernized
Philippines
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Controlled by ___________________________
Promised ______________________________________________________________________
Hawaii
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Controlled by _____________________________________________
The last Queen, Queen Liliuokalani tried to fight it but was taken over and put under house
arrest.
China
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During the 1700s China’s economy was based on agriculture, mining, silk, and ceramics
They were self-sufficient so they limited trade with Europeans
The Europeans searched for something the Chinese would want enough to open their borders to
trade.
1800s the English started sending ______________________________________________.
Opium War- war between China and Britain to get the British out. The British won.
Extraterritorial rights______________________________________________________________________________
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Other problems- too many people not enough food, weak, and corrupt government
China then becomes a Sphere of influence- a region in which a foreign nation controls trade and
investment
The U.S. then creates the Open Door Policy which says
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The Chinese are humiliated by their weak government so they rebel. This is called the
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Japan
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From the 1600s to the 1800s Japan only traded with China, the Dutch, and Korea
In 1853 the U.S. shows up to Japan in boats with cannons facing Japan forcing them to trade
with the U.S. and eventually other European nations.
The people were mad that the shogun (____________________________) did this so they
overthrew him starting the Meije era- _________________________________________
Japanese officials toured Europe, brought back what they learned, and modernized Japan
Japan had the strongest military in Asia
They defeated China and took over ___________________ and ______________________
They then beat Russia in the ______________________________ war, gaining
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