IMPERIALISM: A BRIEF HISTORY
WHO IS THAT???
Ever since Columbus ‘discovered’ the Americas European countries have been conquering land. In a table, list responses to the following questions: What are the benefits of acquiring an Empire? What problems may arise from having an Empire?
What was the ‘industrial revolution’?
Imperialism in the modern sense implies economic advantage: EMPIRES WERE COMPETING FOR LAND, PEOPLE AND GOODS TO BRING BACK
DEFINITIONS: ‘Survival of the fittest’ White man’s burden Racial classification Visual Analysis
‘The scramble for Africa’
AUSTRALIA WAS PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AS TENSION BUILT IN EUROPE AFTER 1900 :
SO IMPERIALISM MADE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MORE POWERFUL MADE EUROPEANS FEEL SUPERIOR CAUSED RIVALRY AMONG EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TURNED EUROPEAN AFFAIRS INTO GLOBAL AFFAIRS SO IMPERIALISM