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OGT - History C - Imperialism - Vocab. Practice

History
Benchmark C - Imperialism

Key Concepts

Desire among European countries for raw materials and hope that these countries would become market places for their manufactured goods are two economic causes of Imperialism
European competition for territories and adding these territories as part of their national defense are two political causes for Imperialism.
Desire among European countries to spread Christianity and culture are social and religious causes for Imperialism.
Europe spead Imperialism to Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East
The United States spread Imperialism to the Caribbean, Central America, the Far East, and the South Pacific
Imperialism impacted people who lived in the territories by having their culture infiltrated by European culture, being politically and militarily dominated, and not being able to see a rise in their standard of living - they remained poor.
People rejected Imperialism. For example, Ethiopians in Africa resisted the Italian imperialists in 1896, the Boer War in South Africa in 1899-1902, the Sepoy Rebellion in India against British imperialists in 1857, and the Boxer Uprising in China in 1900.
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Rudyard Kipling's "White Man's Burden"a phrase used to describe colonial powers "justification" to take over countries and spread religion
Commodore Matthew PerryAmerican who appeared in Tokyo harbor with gunships suggested the Japanese trade with the US
Imperialisma policy of strong countries taking economic, political, and social control over weaker ones
Inidgenous languagea native language to a people of an area
Russo-Japanese War 1904a battle over imperialistic interests in Manchuria and Korea
Opium War 1839 - 1842the drug was made illegal in England but legal in China - caused humiliation and defeat of China
Boxer Rebelliona group of men in China who did not like foreigners and went through the coutryside to "remove" them
Mao Zedongwas influenced by the Three Principles book and became the first communist leader of China
ecnomic imperialismusing materials and labor from a country, but not actually asserting control of the country
exploitationtaking advantage of other people for selfish purposes
John Wilson

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