AUGUST 31, 2017 Get out notebook and espn highlighters Imperialism notes HW: Color imperialism maps

Colonialism vs. imperialism IMPERIALISM - the ideology driving the practice of colonialism that aims to build up large empires. COLONIALISM - practice of extending control over other territories, forming colonies, moving your people there and exploiting them. Colonies remain separate entities

Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) Portuguese and Spanish 46 degree West longitude Why does Brazil speak Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=0-Q8IkKgTmA

Colombian Exchange Exchange of goods from the Old World to the New World and vice versa Trade of plants, animals, people, and disease

Impact of Columbian Exchange Altered biodiversity Disease kills millions Increased population Increased agriculture in the New World Triangular Trade and the Atlantic Slave Trade

Columbian Exchange Crash Course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4&t=395s

Which of these two passages do you find to be most true? “Every empire seeks as its imperialistic mission not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate." “The truth is that imperialism was never idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.”

Social Forces Driving Imperialism Social Darwinism: “survival of the fittest” applied to human society. Racism: the belief one race is superior to another

Economic Forces driving Imperialism Raw materials New markets for industrialized goods

Political Forces behind Imperialism National pride and the desire to acquire more land for your country to demonstrate power Competition between nations

Reasons Europeans were able to Imperialize More advanced technology Maxim gun Steam ship Railroads Advancements in medicine Africa was internally divided

Scramble for Africa Berlin Conference: 1884-1885 conference Europeans divided African nations No African leaders present No regard for ethnic conflicts

Africa before and after the Berlin Conference

Europeans exploited natural resources Economic aftermath Europeans exploited natural resources Established plantations of cash crops

Capitalist economic system Legacy of Imperialism Nation-state model Capitalist economic system Disruption of traditional culture and ethnic groups Cash crop agriculture Infrastructure