1. AGE OF
IMPERIALISM
Do Now: Complete questions 1-2 on the front of Review Sheet!Do Now: Complete questions 1-2 on the front of Review Sheet!
Aim: To review the causes, events, people and impact of the
Age of Imperialism!
Aim: To review the causes, events, people and impact of the
Age of Imperialism!

2. Regents Question
1. In the past, European nations have conquered other lands, made them into
colonies, and controlled their economies.
Which term refers to the situation described in this statement?
1. Socialism
2. isolationism
3. imperialism
4. monotheism
2. Throughout the 1800’s, an increased need for both raw materials and new
markets for manufactured goods led various European nations to pursue policies
of
1. imperialism
2. socialism
3. isolationism
4. communism
3. Imperialism
1. Imperialism

3. What is New Imperialism?
Imperialism: The political and economic control of one
country by another.
New Imperialism:
A type of foreign
policy practiced
by European
nations and Japan
throughout the
1800s and early
1900s.

4. Nationalism

5. ECONOMY POLITICS &
MILITARY
SOCIETY SCIENCE &
INVENTION
• NEED FOR
NATURAL
RESOURCES
• NEED FOR
NATURAL
RESOURCES
•NEED FOR
NEW
MARKETS
•NEED FOR
NEW
MARKETS
•PLACE FOR
GROWING
POPULATION
TO SETTLE
•PLACE FOR
GROWING
POPULATION
TO SETTLE
•PLACE TO
INVEST
PROFITS
•PLACE TO
INVEST
PROFITS
•BASES FOR
TRADE &
NAVY SHIPS
•BASES FOR
TRADE &
NAVY SHIPS
•POWER &
SECURITY
OF GLOBAL
EMPIRE
•POWER &
SECURITY
OF GLOBAL
EMPIRE
•SPIRIT OF
NATIONALIS
M
•SPIRIT OF
NATIONALIS
M
•WISH TO
SPREAD
CHRISTIANITY
•WISH TO
SPREAD
CHRISTIANITY
•WISH TO
SHARE
WESTERN
CIVILIZATION
•WISH TO
SHARE
WESTERN
CIVILIZATION
•BELIEF THAT
WESTERN
WAYS ARE
BEST
•BELIEF THAT
WESTERN
WAYS ARE
BEST
•NEW
WEAPONS
•NEW
WEAPONS
•NEW
MEDICINES
•NEW
MEDICINES
•IMPROVED
SHIPS
&RAILROADS
•IMPROVED
SHIPS
&RAILROADS
•IMPROVED
RIFLES
•IMPROVED
RIFLES
CAUSES OF NEW IMPERIALISM
•White Man’s
Burden
•White Man’s
Burden

7. Regents Question
3. The 19th century term “White Man’s Burden” reflected in this cartoon shows
the idea that
1. Asians and Africans were equal to Europeans
2. Asians and Africans would be grateful for European help
3. Imperialism was opposed by most Europeans
4. Europeans had a responsibility to improve the lives of the colonial peoples4. Europeans had a responsibility to improve the lives of the colonial peoples

8. 4. Both the French and the British were interested in controlling Egypt in the
mid-19th century because Egypt had
1. control of the spice trade
2. an industrial-based economy
3. vital mineral resources
4. a strategic location4. A strategic location

9. 5. Based on the map, which is an accurate statement about the partitioning of Africa
by European imperialist nations during the 1800’s?
1. new nations were based on old tribal boundaries
2. the cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people was disregarded
3. the continent was divided equally among the colonial powers
4. African unity was encouraged
2. The cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people was disregarded
Regents
Question

10. Regents
Question
6. During the 19th century, Europeans were able to divide China in
Spheres of Influence mainly because the
1. Chinese were eager to adopt western culture
2. Europeans had technologically superior military forces
3. Europeans were willing to adopt Chinese customs
4. Chinese lacked raw materials and resources
2. Europeans had technologically superior military
forces

11. IMPERIALISM
AFRICA
INDIA
JAPAN
CHINA
Reasons for

12. MEIJI RESTORATION
SEPOY MUTINY
“JEWEL IN THE CROWN”
BERLIN CONFERENCE
BOER WAR
SHAKA ZULU
OPIUM WAR
TAIPING REBELLION
BOXER REBELLION
SINO-JAPANESE WAR
BRITISH EAST INDIA CO.
MATTHEW PERRY
WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
SUEZ CANAL
“OPEN DOOR POLICY”
•SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
•NATIONALISM
•INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
CECIL RHODES
TREATY OF NANJING
MANGAL PANDEY
•TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE
•RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
GREAT TREK

13. IMPERIALISM
INDIA
AFRICA
JAPAN
CHINA
•BOER WAR
•MEIJI RESTORATION
•TAIPING REBELLION
•BOXER REBELLION
•MATTHEW PERRY
•JEWEL IN THE CROWN
•SINO-JAPANESE WAR•SHAKA ZULU
•SEPOY MUTINY
•OPIUM WAR
•TREATY OF NANJING
•WHITE MAN’S BURDEN.
•BRITISH EAST INDIA CO.
•NATIONALISM
•BERLIN CONFERENCE
•OPEN DOOR POLICY
•SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
•INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
•CECIL RHODES
•GREAT TREK
•MANGAL PANDEY
•SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
•TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE
•RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
Reasons for

14. Negative?Negative?
Positive?Positive?

15. POSITIVE NEGATIVE POSITIVE NEGATIVE
•European medicine &
improved nutrition
increased life span of
Africans. This caused an
increase in population.
•Modern transportation &
communications;
telegraphs, railroads,
steamships, and telephones
•A small minority received
improved education and
economic opportunities.
•European domination
led to an erosion of
traditional African
values and destroyed
many existing social
relationships
•African peoples
were treated a s
inferior. Forced to
work long hours for
low pay.
•Europeans divided up
Africa ignoring tribal,
ethnic, and cultural
boundaries. These
divisions have led to
ongoing tribal clashes
•New roads &
railroads link parts
of India
•Telegraph & postal
systems unite people
•Irrigation systems
improve farming
•New laws mean
justice for all classes
•British schools
offer education
•Customs that
threaten human
rights are ended
•Indian resources go
to Britain
•British made goods
replace local goods
•Farms grow cash
crops rather than
food crops; Indians
go hungry
•Top jobs go to
British
•Indians are treated
as inferiors
•Britain tries to
replace Indian culture
with western ways

16. Regents Question
8. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Europeans improved roads and bridges
and built railroads in their colonies primarily to
1. provide jobs for the colonists
2. obtain raw materials needed for industrialization
3. impress the colonists with their technological knowledge
4. help missionaries spread Christianity
7. An analysis of the Russo-Japanese War and the Boer War shows that
one reason nations go to war is to
1. assist oppressed people
2. spread religious beliefs
3. satisfy imperialist goals
4. honor provisions of a treaty
3. Satisfy imperialist goals
2. Obtain raw materials needed for industrialization

17. Can you name these people
and events of Imperialism?
Can you name these people
and events of Imperialism?