Age of Imperialism
Goals
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Quiz
New vocabulary terms
Timeline
Notes
Questions
1. Name 3 major changes during the Industrial Revolution?
2. Explain 2 reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in
England.
3. Name 3 new inventions invented during the First Industrial
Revolution.
4. Name 3 new inventions invented during the Second
Industrial Revolution.
5. Explain 2 positive social effects?
6. Explain 2 negative social effects?
Homework for ...
1. Revise for a test.
a. The Renaissance
b. The Industrial Revolution
c. Age of Imperialism
Questions
1. Why study the Age of Imperialism?
2. What is the Age of Imperialism?
3. Why wasn’t Western Europe able to control Africa before the
Age of Imperialism?
4. What were the driving factors that caused the Age of
Imperialism to happen?
5. What were the positive consequences of the Age of
Imperialism?
6. What were the negative consequences of the Age of
Imperialism
7. Why is the Berlin Conference important?
Age of Imperialism
Age of Imperialism
Vocabulary: matching
1. imperialism ● taking control of a country
by
a
stronger
country
2. racism
● a country or a territory
3. colony
governed by a foreign power
● belief that one race is
superior or better than other
races
Timeline
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1870
○ Age of Imperialism begins
1875
○ Great Britain controls the
Suez Canal in Egypt.
1884-85
○ Berlin Conference
1885
○ Germany controls German
East Africa
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1886
○ British take over Burma
1899-1901
○ Boxer Rebellion in China
against Westerners
1914
○ End of the Age of Imperialism
and start of WWI
Why study the Age of Imperialism?
WWI causes: M.A.I.N.
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Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
It helps explain why WWI
began.
Great Britain
What is the Age of Imperialism?
● When: 1870-1914
● What: European states
established colonies and
protectorates to expand
their empires in the
following continents:
Africa, Asia and the
Middle East.
India: Great Britain
China: France, Germany, Russia and Great Britain
Middle East: Germany, Russia and Great Britain
Africa: France, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Russia
and Great Britain
Why wasn’t Western Europe able to control Africa
before the Age of Imperialism?
1. powerful African
armies
2. could not navigate
the rivers
3. disease - malaria
What were the 5 driving factors that caused the Age
of Imperialism to happen?
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Economic reasons
Military reasons
Political reasons
Humanitarian and
religious reasons
5. Western technology
Explain the economic reasons.
1. Raw materials
a. Oil
b. rubber
c. Manganese: steel
2. Cheap labour
3. Market
a. Limited: colonies too
poor to buy European
goods
Explain the military reasons.
Bases: safe harbors
2. National security:
a. Great Britain:
protect the Suez
Canal in Egypt:
lifeline to India
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Explain the humanitarian and religious reasons.
White man’s burden
2. Christianity
3. Social Darwinism: theory
that those who were
fittest for survival
enjoyed wealth and were
superior to others
1.
Social Darwinism
Explain western technology.
1. machine gun:
against armies
2. steam engine: rivers
3. quinine for malaria
What were the positive consequences?
● reduced local warfare
● improved sanitation,
hospitals and schools
● lifespans increased and
literacy rates improved
● infrastructure
What were the negative consequences?
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lost control of their land
Lost their independence
Cultural losses
new diseases, e.g.
smallpox
● Deaths of thousands of
people who resisted the
Europeans
Why was the Berlin Conference important?
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agreement that any European country
could make a claim in Africa by
notifying other nations of its claims and
showing it could control the area
rules to divide Africa in 1884-1885
Why?
○ fear of war and prevent conflict
among European states
Effects?
○ split up African groups
○ forced enemies together
Which country controlled the largest number of
colonies in 1914?
“The sun never sets
on the British
Empire.”
Questions
1. Why study the Age of Imperialism?
2. What is the Age of Imperialism?
3. Why wasn’t Western Europe able to control Africa before the
Age of Imperialism?
4. What were the driving factors that caused the Age of
Imperialism to happen?
5. What were the positive consequences of the Age of
Imperialism?
6. What were the negative consequences of the Age of
Imperialism
7. Why is the Berlin Conference important?
Writing task
What effect or impact
did the Industrial
Revolution have on the
Age of Imperialism?