imperialism Flashcards
what caused people to “wake up” and imperialize
raw materials and nationalism
what justifies imperialization
Humanitarian imperialism, racism and social darwinism
what is racism
the belief that race determines traits and capabilities
what are racists
people that believe a particular race is superior or inferior
old imperialists
small pockets of power, trading ports, nicer
new imperialists
wanted the whole country
who started imperializing in east asia
British and french
where were britain in east asia
Hong Kong, myanmar and singapore
where was France in east asia
Laos, vietnam(protectorate) and cambodia
protetorate
we’ll protect u from britain for say in gov
who were v present in africa and what did they do
the British and they took Egypt and made the seuz canal
what did the Suez canal connect
Egypt and london
what did Britain go after next
sudan
what countries did french take
took algeria and did a protectorate over moroco and tunisia
what did Italy do in africa
got libya and failed taking ethiopia
who did Britain send to central africa
livingstone
what happened to Livingstone and what did America do
he got lost and went Mia so America sent stanley to find him
who did Stanley offer land to
belgium
what resource did they want from central africa
rubber
who fought over east africa
the British and germans
Berlin conference
european from dif countries and agreed to trade w eachother
no African reps
what was south africa v influenced by
western ideas
What year was africa completely taken over by european countries?
1914
what country wasn’t taken over
ethiopia
what country was like an apology from the americans
liberia
Positive for western countries:
gaining land, natural resources
Pos for imperialized country:
infrastructure, farming, sanitation, education system
neg for western world
wars/economy
