Imperialism

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Imperialism

• 1800-1914

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Imperialism

• One countrys domination of the political,
  economic and social life of another
• Resulted from
• ______________
• Industrial Revolution and economic competition
• ___________________/missionaries
• Racial and cultural superiority of Europeans,
  ____________________
• ________________ strategic location

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Forms of Imperialism

• _________ ruled directly through colonial
  ________
• _____________ had its own government but
  policies were guided by a ________power
• _________________ region of a country in which
  an imperial power had exclusive investment or
  __________ rights

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Forces enabling Imperialism

• External
• ___________ weapons
• Steam engine, ___________, cables, steamers
• New ____________ quinine
• Internal
• Civil Wars
• Variety of ___________ and ___________discourage
  d unity

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Berlin Conference 1884-1885

• __ European nations meet
• Any European country can claim ___________ if
  notify others and show control over the area
• No __________ Nation invited to attend
• By _____ only __________ and __________remain
  free
• France __________
• _________ rich resource areas
• Portugal, Belgium, Italy and Germany ____ lands

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Products

• Changed from farmers and ____ crops to ______
  crops and plantations
• Examples of _____ crops ________, palm oil,
  cocoa, rubber, copper, tin, _____, __________

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Impacts of Colonial Rule

• Positive
• Reduced local ________
• _____________ efforts sanitation, hospitals,
  schools, increased ______ spans and __________
  rates
• _________ expansion African products became
  valuable
• Railroads, dams, telephones, telegraphs
• Negatives
• Africans _____________ of land and independence
• Died of _________
• __________ resulted from food crops to cash
  crops
• Lost of ___________ cultures