WARMUP—5 Minutes Use the glossary of your textbook to define these three words: Colony Imperialism Nationalism Think of one example of each - This can be real, from a movie/book, or hypothetical (use the index if you need to)
Motivation for Domination Imperialism Motives Motivation for Domination
The Age of Imperialism Growth of European technology allows, and requires, expansion across the globe (~1870-1914) A number of motives for Imperialism: Economic Motives – New Markets and New Resources Political Motives – Competition between countries Religious Motives – Desire to spread Christian morals and values Exploratory Motives – Early imperialism, explore for fame and ego Ideological Motives – Social Darwinism and the desire to “civilize” non- Europeans
Assignment In your group of 4-5, come up with a “Symbol” for each of the 5 Motives for Imperialism Discuss each “placard” in your group and fill in your chart, including drawing the symbol for any motives you think are present.
Placard A – Open Shaft Diamond Mine in South Africa, 1872
Placard B – A Methodist Sunday School at Guiongua, Angola, 1925
Placard C – Germans taking possession of Cameroon in 1881
Placard D – Quote from explorer Henry M. Stanley
Placard E – Africans bringing ivory to the wagon in South Africa, c
Placard F – Sketch map of Central African, showing Dr Placard F – Sketch map of Central African, showing Dr. Livingstone’s exploration
Placard G – Sketch map of Central African, showing Dr Placard G – Sketch map of Central African, showing Dr. Livingstone’s exploration Rudyard Kipling: “White Man’s Burden” (1899) Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child.
Placard H – Mrs. Maria C. Douglas, a doctor and missionary, and the first class of pupil nurses in Burma, 1888.
Placard I – British cartoon showing the Chinese being savaged by European powers, and the poem The Partition of China 1897
Placard J - Bagged groundnuts in pyramid stacks in West Africa
Placard K - French capture of the citadel of Saigon, Vietnam
Placard L - British Lipton Tea advertisement in the 1890s
Placard M - British cartoon “The Rhodes Colossus” showing Cecil Rhodes’ vision of making Africa “all British from Cape to Cairo” 1892
Placard N - Epitaph and quote from missionary and explorer David Livingstone
Placard O - An imperial yacht passing through the Suez Canal in Egypt at the opening of the canal in 1870
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