Imperialism and Colonization

What does colonization exploit? 

• culture 
• gold 
• policies 
• economics

What time period saw the most colonization take place?  Think Berlin Conference

• 1500-1800
• 1800-1815
• 1815-1865

• 1885-1910

Why were river's important to early colonizers? 

• Access to interior of Africa 
•  Farming
•  Defense from Africans
• Fishing

What was the name of the conference were European nations met to break up Africa?

• American Conference
• Bastille Conference
• Berlin Confernence
• African Conference 

What is imperialism?

• When one country attacks another country
• A stronger country colonizes a weaker country
• Changing from the metric system to the Imperial system
• When a weaker country fights back against a stronger country

Which 2 countries got the most land in Africa

• France and Russia

• Britain and France
• Australia and India
• USA

Why did European countries want to colonize Africa?

• They wanted more raw materials and new people to sell too
• They were just mean
• They needed the land for their people
• Their military needed bases

An application of scientific theories of natural selection and the survival of the fittest to the struggle between nations and races; used in the late 1800s to justify imperialism and racism. 

• Communism
• Social Dawinism
• Socialism
• Social Theory

Why did Europeans continue to colonize Africa after Slavery was abolished?

• Berlin Conference
• Farming land
• Raw materials
• Provide support to African leaders 

How did nationalism support the drive for imperialism?

• Competition for colonies created a sense of national pride
• Europeans wanted to establish new nations in Africa and Asia
• European nations sought raw materials and new markets
• Europeans wanted to spread their culture to Africa and Asia