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Imperialism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | one country taking control of another country |
| imperializers | the countries that take over other countries (USA, England) |
| imperialized | the countries that were taken (Africa, Asia, Latin America, India) |
| colony | a country has direct control of another place |
| sphere of influence | one country claims exclusive trading privileges |
| protectorate | country has gov. but imperalizers run it through people (indirect) |
| Causes | Industrial Revolution, Nationalism, Religion, Political Power, Racism |
| Industrial Revolution | countries wanted more raw materials and markets |
| Nationalism | pride in ones country, they think they are better than everyone else/rivalries |
| Religion | stop slave trade, Africans and Asian will become civilized when they become Christians |
| Political Power | get resources to become stronger and take over more places and keep from being taken over |
| Berlin Conference 1884-1885 | European countries peacefully divided Africa without and of the Africans there |
| Africa during the 1800s | Liberia and Ethiopia free until 1914 |