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IMPERIALISM: A BRIEF HISTORY
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WHO IS THAT???
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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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What was the ‘industrial revolution’?
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Imperialism in the modern sense implies economic advantage:
EMPIRES WERE COMPETING FOR LAND, PEOPLE AND GOODS TO BRING BACK
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DEFINITIONS: ‘Survival of the fittest’ White man’s burden
Racial classification Visual Analysis
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‘The scramble for Africa’
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AUSTRALIA WAS PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AS TENSION BUILT IN EUROPE AFTER 1900
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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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