Download Imperialism - World History

Name:_____________________________________________________________Period:_________________
Imperialism
MAIN IDEA
SUPPORTING DETAILS
Western
Dominated World
Definition: Imperialism—
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European nations looked to _____________ and ___________ as sources of
the ______________________ and as markets for:
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Causes of
Imperialism
Economic Competition:
Manufacturers wanted access to __________________ _________________.
Manufacturers hoped for _________ _________________ for factory goods.
Colonies offered a ___________________ for Europe’s growing population.
Missionary Spirit:
Many westerners felt _________________ for their “little brothers” overseas.
Missionaries, doctors, and colonial officials believed they had a _________
to spread western __________________________.
Nationalism:
Merchant ships and naval vessels needed ____________ around the world.
Western leaders were ________________________ by nationalism.
Racism/Social Darwinism:
Many westerners viewed _________________ races as _________________
to all others.
They saw ________________ _______________ as nature’s way of
improving the human species ______________________________________.
Motive #1
Nationalism
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Motive #2
Economic
Competition
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Some nations wanted to gain _________________ to show their national
strength.
They _______________________ if they did not gain ___________, they
would become _______________ and lose the respect of other nations.
Imperialism (____________________ ______________________) had to
do with __________________________.
Europeans wanted _____________________ to provide __________
_________________ and ___________________ __________________.
Europeans also wanted to _________ their goods in their new imperial
________________________.
Racism is the belief that one race is _________________ than others.
MAIN IDEA
Motive #3
Racism/Social
Darwinism
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Motive #4
Missionary Spirit
Forms of Imperial
Rule
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SUPPORTING DETAILS
Many Europeans believed that whites were better than other races.
They claimed that a sense of ____________ made them to ___________
__________________ of many lands and people in _________________
and ____________.
This belief is based on the idea of _______________________
___________________________—using Darwin’s theory of evolution,
“_________________________________” to explain human societies.
The “________________________________________” of carrying nonwhites up to civilization.
Many westerners felt a real ________________ for their
“_________________________________” in Africa and Asia.
Missionaries, doctors, and colonial officials believed they had a
_________ ____ ________________ what they saw as the blessings of
____________________ ______________________________ which
included:
– ________________________
– ________________________
– ________________________
Colonies:
The French practiced _________________________, sending ___________
to administer their colonies.
The British practiced on ______________________, using ______________
____________ to govern their colonies.
Protectorate:
In a protectorate, local rulers were left in place but were ________________
_____________________________________________________.
A protectorate _________________ to run than a colony and usually did not
need a large ________________________.
Spheres of Influence:
A sphere of influence is an area in which an outside power claimed
_________________ investment or trading _________________________.
The United States claimed ______________ ______________________ as
its sphere of influence.
African
Resistance
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Algerians battled the _________________ for years.
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The Zulus in southern Africa and the Asante in West Africa battled the
__________________.
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East Africans fought wars against the ________________.
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In Ethiopia, King Menelik II prepared his country with _______________
weapons and well-trained army. When ____________ invaded, Ethiopia
was prepared. _________________ was the only nation, aside from
___________________, to preserve its ___________________________
In the late 1800’s European powers began _________________________
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MAIN IDEA
“Scramble for
Africa”
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China and the
New Imperialism
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China Resists
Foreign Influence
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Japan Modernizes
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Japan Imperialism
SUPPORTING DETAILS
Africa
These nations wanted to _____________ _________________ over
African lands.
In 1884, the European nations met at the ______________
_______________________ to set up ___________ for
___________________ Africa—no African nations were invited.
For many centuries China had __________________ itself from Europe.
China allowed foreign trade only through one small area.
Western nations looked to China for trade rights and _________
_________________ for goods.
Britain bought so much Chinese tea (______________ ______________)
that it was eager to find something that the Chinese would want in large
quantities.
In the early 1800’s the British began shipping in _____________
from its colony in India.
The Chinese __________________ and outlawed the drug.
In 1839, the _________________ ___________ began.
___________________ quickly ___________, and China had to pay war
costs ________________________ _______________- open it’s ports to
British trade.
It also had to give Britain the important port of __________ __________.
Since 1638, shoguns had ____________ Japan to visitors and trade.
In 1853, _____________ _____________ warships sailed into Tokyo
Bay, Commodore Perry carried a letter __________________ that Japan
____________ its ports.
Japan could not fight the American navy, and signed a ______________.
Soon afterward, the Japanese were ready to _______________ the
________________ ____________ and _____________ what they could.
Just like western industrial powers, Japan’s ____________________________
needs (__________ ______________________ ________________________)
made its _______________________ desires bigger.
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In 1894, Japan _________________ ____________ in the Sino-Japanese
War, gaining treaty ports in China and control over the island of
____________________.
In 1905, Japan _______________ _____________ in the Russo-Japanese
War, gaining control of ______________ as well as rights in parts of
Manchuria.
MAIN IDEA
British Rule in
India
SUPPORTING DETAILS
GOOD EFFECTS
• New _______ and _____________
• ____________and postal system
• ____________systems improve farming
• New laws mean justice for all classes
• British schools offer ______________.
• Customs that threaten rights are ended
BAD EFFECTS
• Indian ___________ go to Britain
• British-made goods replace local goods
• Farms grow cash crops rather than food crops; Indians go hungry
• Top jobs go to the British
• Indians treated as _____________
• Britain tries to replace Indian culture with western ways
How did Industrialization lead to Imperialism
Industrialization
allowed European
nations to gain
wealth and power
Illustration:
European nations
needed more sources of
raw materials for their
factories, and markets
for European goods
European nations
took control of
lands in Africa and
Asia