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what were the major motivations behind imperialism?

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-EMPIRE
-money: raw materials for factories, new markets
-national pride
-racism, social darwinism
-missionary motives

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how did imperialism positvely impact the conquered peoples?

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-economic growth
-technological growth- railroads, dams, telephone and telegraph lines
-education
-healthcare

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how did imperialism negatively impact the conquered peoples?

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-lost control of land
-destroyed families, ethnic groups, and culture
-slavery
-increased local warfare and political unrest

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what role did technology and communication play in imperialism?

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-it made colonizing areas more efficient
-railroads helped them gain territory
-these were also advantages conquered people gained from being colonized
-new tech like guns helped them conquer easier

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what were some of the resistance movements against imperialism and how successful were they?

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-taiping rebellion: unsuccessful
-boxer rebellion: unsuccessful
-sepoy mutiny: unsuccessful

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how did imperialism shape the political/ economic landscape of today?

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-divided africa in many of the countries it is now
-china and japan now have open trade
-china tries to never put themselves in a position to be humiliated again

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is imperilaism a thing of the past or do you see it still present in politics and economics today?

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-it is still seen today
-while many countries don’t colonize places anymore they still use principles of imperialism
-places still try to conquer or trade with other places to get money

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what lessons can wer learn from imperialsim? how can we use these to inform our understanding of modern-day globalization and international relations?

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-we can learn that we have to respect the value of other people’s culture
-view each person as a child of God and image-bearer
-try to be respectful in all we do
-when we take action that will affect another country consider how it will affect them, not just us

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EMPIRE

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motives for imperialism:
exploratory
military
political
ideological
religious
economic

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white man’s burden

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-piece by ruyard kipling
-idea that many european countries had a duty to spread culture/religion to the less civilized

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isolationist policy of japan

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-national policy of avoiding involvment in world affairs
-had it until meiji restoration

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admiral perry’s black ships

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-U.S. warships that came into edo bay on 1853
-told japan that they had to open trade
-caused meiji resotration

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japanese civil war

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-aka boshin war
-1868-1869
-fought between tokagawa and people who wanted to give power to the emperor

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meiji restoration

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-1853
-japanese industrialization/westernization
-eliminated shogun, daimyo, and samurai
-gave power to emperor
-created 3 branch govt.
-were able to pick and choose what they wanted to use from other western govts

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meiji slogan

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“westernize, industrialize”

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meiji industrialization

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modernized…
-transporation (ports, railroad)
-communication (telegraph, postal system)
-education
-banking system
also…
-sold govt buisnesses to investors/ buisness families

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meiji reforms

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-abolition of feudal system
-land redistribution
-westernized school system (french and german)
-modernized army (prussia)
-built modern navy (britain)
-emperor worship intensified
-more human rights and religious freedoms (america)
-written constitution (german, america)
-modern banking system

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meiji world tour

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-ambassadors sent around the world
-goal was to learn about western industries

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japan’s imperialist policies

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-needed to expand bc they lacked natural resources
-wanted new markets
-wanted to show other countries they were powerful

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sino-japanese war

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-1894-1895
-between japan and china
-showed china was paper tiger but japan was strong
-japan gained its first colonies in manchuria, taiwan, and pescadores islands

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russo-japanese war

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-1904-1905
-between russia and japan
-fought over manchurian territory
-russia was defeated by japanese navy
-showed they could compete with the big powers in europe

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east india company

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-joint-stock trading company
-became defacto government in india
-set up trading posts in india in the 1600s
-started british interest in india

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robert clive

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-english general in EIC
-led battle of plessy and commanded EIC’s private army

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jewel in the crown

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-what britain called india
-there were jewels there
-most valuable british colony

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sepoys

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-indian troops hired by EIC for private army

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sepoy mutiny

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-sepoys and indian citizens rebelled against EIC and britain
-1857
-EIC offended them religiously and culturally

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scramble for africa

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-start of imperialism in africa
-rapid invasion by european powers
-they all wanted to colonize africa

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berlin conference

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-1885
-held by otto von bismarck
-divided up africa between european countries
-after leopold seized congo they got scared
-eliminated/pverrode most existing forms of african governance

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terror in belgian congo

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-leopold was infamous for his cruelty to them
-he was forced to sell congo to the belgian govt

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king leopold

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-belgian king
-used christian mission as an excuse to claim congo river
-abused congo people to reach higher rubber quota
-set off scramble for africa

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congo free state

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-governed by belgium in colonial times

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queen victoria

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-queen of england and ireland
-empress of india from 1837-1901
-lived from 1819-1901

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french foreign legion

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-french army
-used in france’s colonial empire

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suez canal

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-built by egypt after they escaped ottoman rule
-financed by french
-egypt took out a loan from britain to pay france back
-britain took it over eventually
-connected red sea to mediteranean

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french colonial possesions in africa

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-algeria
-tunis
-morocco
-madagascar
-somalialnd
-west africa
-sudan (shared w brit)

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british colonial possesion in africa

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-egypt
-rhodesia
-beuchaland
-kenya
-sudan (shared w france)

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geopolitical hotspot

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-usually fought over/highly desired because of regions importance to maintaining political supremacy there
-usually good for trade or good natural resources

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russia and great britain in iran (aka persia)

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-gb was concerned about russias intentions in india
-iran owned land between russia and gb
-iran forcced to conceed to gb
-oil was found there but they didn’t have money to develop it
-allowed other western buisnesses to develop it but eventually kicked them out

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china’s response to imperialism

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-rejected foreign influence
-tried to isolate
-eventually rebelled against spheres of influence in boxer rebellion

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empress cixi (tutzi)

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-1862-1908
-sole ruler of china
-wanted to update education, diplomatic service, military, and economy (steam factories)
-backed by powerful nations bc she wanted advanced

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trade imbalance

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-when one country is buying more than they are getting back in trade
-ex gb and china
-gb loved tea, silk, porcelian
-china only wanted silver
-gb didn’t have any silver

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opium war

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-1839-1842, 1856-1860
-wars btwn gb and china bc gb was importing opium
-ended with chinese treaty to british
-allowed foreign trade in more ports and extrateritoritality

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chinese junk

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-chinese boat in navy
-not very advanced
-eventually destroyed by british navy
-designed for long distance commercial travel

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ethnocentrism

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-belief that your culture is better than anyone elses

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taiping rebellion

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-1850-1864
-happened after opium wars
-result of bad discipleship
-hong xiuquan thought he was the brother of Jesus and was meant to spread peace in china
-bloodiest civil war
-20+ million lost

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hong xiuquan

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-leader of taiping rebellion
-christian confucian/socialist

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speheres of influence

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-france, great britain, germany, japan, and russia all tried ot monopolize trade in a certain area

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open door policy

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-declared/ forced on chinese by john hay
-idea that china should be open to all foriegn trade

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john hay

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-us secretary of state
-declared open door policy in china

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social darwinism

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-darwins evolutionary theory in terms of powerful nations
-if i can conquer you i’m mean to conquer you bc im stronger than you
-survival of the fittest

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david livingstone

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-1813-1873
-scottish missionary
-first man to “open up” africa
-converted many africans to christianity
-declared lost and found by henry stanley

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otto von bismarck

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-former chancellor of prussia
-became chancellor of germany after he united them
-led prussia to victory against austria and france

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blood and iron

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-speech by otto von bismarck
-industry and military will unite germany, not talk and ideas

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franco-prussian war

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-war btwn france and prussia that formed germany into a united nation

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realpolitick

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-politics applying to real life/ practical instead of in ideas/ policy

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ottoman empire

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-sick man of europe
-had too much territory and not enough resources/power ot govern it

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great game

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-struggle btwn gb and russia to gain control of central asia in 19th century
-iran is part of this

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militarism

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-belief that country should have strong miliitary capability

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imperialism

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-strong country seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically

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nationailsm

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-strong feeling of pride/devotion to one’s country

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ethiopia

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-only country in africa to not be colonized in scramble for africa

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cecil rhodes

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-british entreprenuer and politician
-rhodesia named after him
-involved in expansion of british empire from south africa to central africa
-involved in attempt to build a railroad from south africa to alexandria

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south africa

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-boer war fought bc of it (boers vs british)
-british took control of dutch colony on southern coast of south africa
0boers moved north to esape british (aka great trek)

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pogram

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-organized/ officially encouraged massacre/genocide towards minority, especially to jews (happened in russia)
-meant to redirect anger towards govt to someone else

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repressive rule

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-ruler seeks to limit freedom of his ppl through physical restraints

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