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 (a)   for getting supplies and trade.

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

(a)  

(a)   were countries or regions protected by European colonial powers.

The (a)   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 (a)   to replace the existing local governments.

Colonies lost their (a)   . The European powers appointed colonial official to rule directly.