S2 European Colonial Expansion+ HK British Colonial development

What were the major European countries involved in early colonial expansion?

• Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Britain and France

• Britain, France, Germany and Italy

What were the targets of expansion during early colonial expansion?

• Asia, Africa, America

• Asia, Africa

What were the political aspects of the reasons for later colonial expansion?

• To expand territories

• Limited land for expansion in Europe

• Rise of nationalism

What were the social and cultural aspects of the reasons for colonial expansion?

• To Spread Christianity

• The idea of 'white man's burden'

In the early period of expansion, Europeans set up coastal __________ for getting supplies and trade.

_______ ______ __________ were zones controlled by European colonial powers with special rights

________________________ were countries or regions protected by European colonial powers.

The ________________________ ruled their protectorates through local rulers. This could lower administrative costs and reduce people’s resistance

European colonial powers set up new governments in their ________________________ to replace the existing local governments.

Colonies lost their _____________. The European powers appointed colonial official to rule directly.