THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

REGION

AFRICA

INDIA

CHINA

COUNTRIES
PARTICIPATING

Britain, France,
Germany, Belgium, Italy

Britain (BE India

Comp.)

Britain, France,
Germany, Japan, Russia

MOTIVES

Raw materials, new

markets, White Mans
Burden, Social
Darwinism, nationalism

Raw materials, new

markets, ability to grow
crops not accessible in
Britain (exs. opium,
cotton)

Large population for

new markets, access to
other parts of Asia,
strategic militarily

IMPACT

WORD ASSOC.

Competition amongst
nations, destruction of
native African culture,
resistance movements

- Berlin Conference
- partition
- White Mans Burden
- Social Darwinism
- Dark Continent
- mercantilism

- BE India Company
- Sepoy Mutiny
Destruction of native
- opium
Indian culture, resistance - Mohandas Gandhi
movements (Sepoy
- INC
Mutiny, INC)
- Hindu & Muslim
- Parliament
- partition
- Pakistan
- Opium War
Opening of the East to - Treaty of Nanking
trade, destruction of
- Open Door Policy
native culture, resistance - Boxer Rebellion
movements (Boxer
- Taiping Rebellion
Rebellion, Taiping
- spheres of influence
Rebellion), Chinese Rev. - isolationism