1. AIM: How did imperialism impact different nations? DO NOW: Use page 772 of World History- Patterns of Interaction (McDougal Littell) to answer the following questions: 1) What advantages might European colonizers bring with them? 2) How might colonization hurt the native population? 3) Use the picture provided to describe the relationship between the colonizers and those colonized.

2. What are some ways one can assert their power and dominate a weaker or smaller person?

3. ACTIVITY: In your assigned groups, find the answer to the question posed for the nation assigned to your group. You may use the textbook, your notes, and/or your homeworks to aid you in finding comprehensive and accurate answers.

4. Were Europeans able to take over this region? Why or why not? SOUTH AFRICA CONGO CHINA JAPAN INDIA MEXICO

5. Was their any movement/rebellion against the European imperialists? Was it successful? SOUTH AFRICA CONGO CHINA JAPANINDIA MEXICO

6. If this nation was a colony, how did it change under the control of the imperialists? If it was not a colony, did this nation control other lands? If so, describe how they ruled. SOUTH AFRICA CONGO CHINA JAPAN INDIA MEXICO

7. Describe the present state of the nation assigned to you. (Politically, socially, economically, etc.) SOUTH AFRICA CONGO CHINA JAPANINDIA MEXICO

8. Using information from today's lesson, answer the following: Overall, was imperialism positive or negative? (Think about imperialism in the past and how it shaped the state of nations today).