Imperialism Slides

Multiple Choice

What country was at the center of the image? Who was the most powerful country in the world?

• Britain/England

• China

• Russia

• Democratic Republic of Congo

Imperialism- the domination by one country of the political, economic, and/or cultural life of another country or region. Countries or regions controlled by another country are called colonies. Imperialism is also referred to as colonialism. The process of dominating another country is called colonization.

Open Ended

See

Identify at least three things you see in the image. 

Think

Based on this image, what can you infer about imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries?

Wonder

Write down at least one question you have about the image.

Open Ended

See

Identify at least three things you see in the image. 

Think

Based on this image, what can you infer about imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries?

Wonder

Write down at least one question you have about the image.

Open Ended

See

Identify at least three things you see in the image. 

Think

Based on this image, what can you infer about imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries?

Wonder

Write down at least one question you have about the image.

Open Ended

See

Identify at least three things you see in the image. 

Think

Based on this image, what can you infer about imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries?

Wonder

Write down at least one question you have about the image.

Open Ended

1. Why do you think some nations colonized other nations in the 19th and 20th centuries?

2. How do you think the colonized people felt? Why?

Imperialism:

• Definition: The policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, military force, or economic dominance.
• Key Features: Colonization, military force, economic dominance.
• Objective: To increase a country's power and influence.

Multiple Choice

What is imperialism?

• The policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, military force, or economic dominance.

• The policy of extending a country's power and influence through peaceful means.

• The policy of limiting a country's power and influence through colonization, military force, or economic dominance.

• The policy of limiting a country's power and influence through peaceful means.

Causes of Imperialism

• INDUSTRIAL Revolution led to INDUSTRIALIZATION

• Economic motives: Desire for new markets and raw materials

• Political motives: Nationalism and competition between European powers

• Social motives: Spread of Christianity and Western civilization

MAJOR IMPERIALISTIC POWERS

• British Empire: Largest empire in history, controlled territories across the globe. " The sun never sets on the British Empire"

• French Empire: Dominated parts of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean.

• German Empire: Latecomer to imperialism, focused on Africa and Pacific islands.

• Russian Empire: Expanded into Central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe.

• United States: Began with the Spanish American War

Multiple Select

Which areas were taken over during imperialism? (check all that apply)

• Austrialia

• Africa

• Asia

• North America

Multiple Choice

When a strong country takes over a weaker country for economic, social or political reasons it is called

• industrialization
• miliatrism
• imperialism
• nationalism

Multiple Choice

 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 

• Democratic Revolutions 
• World War I 
• Industrialization 
• The Renaissance 

Multiple Choice

What were two reasons for why countries began to imperialize?

• natural resources and new markets

• gold and glory

• new machinery and labor force

Multiple Choice

One of the most important motives for the European imperialism in Africa in the late 1800s was that   Africa provided a source of

• religious conversion of Africans
• slaves for the American colonies
• raw materials used in industry
• new technology to gain from Africans