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IMPERIALISM: A BRIEF HISTORY

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1 IMPERIALISM: A BRIEF HISTORY

2 WHO IS THAT???

3 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?

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5 What was the ‘industrial revolution’?

6 Imperialism in the modern sense implies economic advantage:
EMPIRES WERE COMPETING FOR LAND, PEOPLE AND GOODS TO BRING BACK

7 DEFINITIONS: ‘Survival of the fittest’ White man’s burden
Racial classification Visual Analysis

8 ‘The scramble for Africa’

9 AUSTRALIA WAS PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AS TENSION BUILT IN EUROPE AFTER 1900
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10 SO IMPERIALISM MADE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MORE POWERFUL
MADE EUROPEANS FEEL SUPERIOR CAUSED RIVALRY AMONG EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TURNED EUROPEAN AFFAIRS INTO GLOBAL AFFAIRS SO IMPERIALISM


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