Imperialism/WWI

Writing outlandish lies in order to sell newspapers

• Yellow Fever

• Yellow Journalism

• Exaggeration

• Hyperbole

Big Stick Diplomacy is when a country…

• uses talking as a means of settling things

• uses kidnapping as a means of negotiation

• shows off its’ military might to intimidate

• uses only bombs and never soldiers

What book did Alfred T Mahan write?

• The Jungle
• How the Other Half Lives
• The Influence of Naval Power Upon History
• Adventures of Tom Sawyer

President Roosevelt believed that having a canal through Central America would save time and money for commercial and military shipping and

• necessary for maintaining influence in Asia

• was vital to U.S. Navy & world trade

• would benefit the people of Central America

• would establish new markets in South America

What was the "spark" of WWI in Europe?

• The assassination of Ferdinand.

• Nationalist movements in the Balkans

• Imperialism in Africa

• The sinking of the Lusitania

Who accepted blamed for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles?

• United States

• Russia

• Germany

• France

According to the Treaty of Versailles war reparations were?

• Payments Germany was forced to pay for war damages

• Repairs and improvements made to Germany

• Money that France would donate to Germany to help rebuild

• Payments that Russia would give to the Ottoman Empire

Imperialism is __________.

• when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
• when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
• when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
• when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Economic motives for imperialism include _________.

• a desire to spread Christianity
• a need for military bases around the world
• a need for raw materials to be used in factories
• a desire to gain glory

What was the American policy of territorial integrity for china and equal access to china for western powers?

• Boxer Rebellion
• Open Door Policy
• America First Policy
• Opium War