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IMPERIALISM
Unit 5, Section 7
I. SECTION OVERVIEW (check out "The Big Idea")
A. Powerful industrialized nations sought to gain power and
economic might by building empires.
B. Through economic and military power. Britain colonized and
dominated India.
C. European nations divided Africa.
D. Western countries and Japan created spheres of influence in
China.
II. KEY PEOPLE AND TERMS
A. Define or describe the following items:
1. Imperialism – ____________________________________
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2. Sepoy Mutiny - __________________________________
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3. Boer War - ______________________________________
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4. Opium War - ____________________________________
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5. Treaty of Nanjing – _______________________________
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6. Sphere of Influence – ______________________________
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7. Taiping Rebellion – _______________________________
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8. Boxer Rebellion – ________________________________
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9. Sun Yixian (Yat-sen) - _____________________________
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III. THE NEW IMPERIALISM
A. Imperialism is the domination by one country of the
______________, ______________and ______________life
of another country.
B. Imperialism has been divided into two periods:
1. The Old Imperialism (1500-1800)
a. Europeans built colonies in _____________,
_____________, and _____________, Africa
and _____________
2. The New Imperialism (1870-1914)
a. Japan, _____________and industrialized nations in
Europe became aggressive in expanding to
other areas.
b. The main targets were in _____________and
Africa.
C. Causes of Imperialism
1. Nationalistic Motives
a. Imperialists felt that they had the right to take
control of countries that were _____________.
b. They wanted power and _____________.
2. Military Motives
a. Colonies were important to _____________ships.
3. Economic Motives
a. Imperialists needed _____________for their
factories.
b. They needed a market for their _____________
c. They needed a place to invest their _____________.
4. Missionary Motives.
a. Imperialists felt that it was their duty to educate
people in nations they considered
_____________.
b. They wanted to spread their _____________,
_____________and _____________.
IV. THE BRITISH IN INDIA
A. The British East India Company
1. By the mid 1800's, this company, who once was nothing
more than a trading company, controlled
____________ of India.
2. They even had their own army called _____________.
B. The Sepoy Mutiny (1857)
1. The soldiers got upset because the British wanted them to ]
follow rules that were against their _____________.
2. Because of this the British government took control of
India.
V. THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
A. The _____________Conference
1. This conference set up the rules for colonizing Africa by
the various European countries.
B. Battle for Southern Africa
1. The Zulu Empire
a. The great leader _____________, organized
warriors to fight against the Europeans.
2. Arrival of Europeans
a. The _____________ (Dutch farmers) settled in
southern Africa.
b. The Boers fought African groups like the Zulus
3. Zulu Resistance
a. The Boers moved north in 1835 and came into
conflict with the Zulus.
b. They also fought the British and lost in 1879
4. The Boer War
a. The Boers and the British fight for control of
_____________
b. The British win and form the _____________.
VI. IMPERIALISM IN CHINA
A. The Opium War and the Treaty of Nanjing.
1. The British introduced _____________as an item for trade
in the late 1700's.
2. The Chinese government made opium illegal.
3. In 1839, Britain went to war with China to keep the trade
of opium legal – and won.
4. The Treaty of _____________was the unequal treaty that
ended the Opium War
a. China had to open their ports again
b. China had to pay war reparations to Britain.
c. Britain got the island of _____________.
5. Other western powers seeing the weakness of the Chinese,
began to develop "_______________________" in
China.
B. Chinese reactions to Imperialism
1. The _____________Rebellion (1850-1864)
a. Chinese peasants rose up in revolt because they
were angry about their poverty and at corrupt
Qing officials.
2. The Boxer Rebellion
a. This was a group who wanted to get rid of
_____________from China.
3. Sun Yixian (Yat-sen) and the Chinese Revolution
a. He was a Chinese reformer who had 3 goals which
he called the Three Principles of the People.
- End foreign domination
- Form a representative government
- Have economic security for the Chinese
people.
VII. IMPACT OF IMPERIALISM: MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
A. Effects on the Colonies
1. Short Term Effects
a. Large numbers of _____________and
_____________came under foreign rule
b. Local economies were dependent on
_____________ countries.
c. Some nations introduced changes to meet
_____________
d. Individuals and groups resisted European
domination
e. Western _____________spread to new regions
f. _____________political units were destroyed.
g. _____________occurred in areas where crops had
to be given to imperialist nations.
2. Long Term Effects
a. Western _____________continued to influence
much of the world
b. _____________, _____________and medical care
were improved.
c. resistance to imperial rule led to the development of
_____________.
B. Effects on Europe and the World.
1. The west discovered new crops, _____________and other
products.
2. Westerners were introduced to new and different
_____________.
3. Competition for _____________created conflict between
imperial powers
4. The industrialized nations controlled a new
_____________