5th Lesson Imperialism and War

Meaning Causes Empires The Conference of Types of colonies Consequences

Berlin 1885
When a country extends its Economic Great Britain Colonies of exploitation Demographic
domination over other overseas territories It was held by Bismarck
Industrialisation It was the largest These lands lost their The impact of colonisation caused a
Motherland To solve the fierce competition sovereignty and were used to sharply decline of population because
among the empires explore their raw materials of the European diseases
Invest capital in Africa
Country that conquers new regions
He ordered the way Protectorates Europe could distribute
They controlled all regions to divide Africa since the Belgian conquests unemployed people abroad
Colonies Explote raw materials in eastern Africa
Some regions threatened by European
They drew artificial countries were "protected" by another Social
Territories conquered by Sell They tried to connect them with a railway frontiers in Africa and opened African rivers to trade European empire
another country industrialised from El Cairo to El Cabo
products Traditional societies were modified
Egypt or Hong Kong by a class- based society
Imperialism is a term used since Asia by Great Britain
the middle of 19th cent. Demographic
European elites
From India, they expanded to the West Morocco by France and Spain
Although some empires Migrations (Iran, Arabian Peninsula) and to the East
existed before (Malaysia, Hong Kong) Natives were
Settlement marginalised
Due to the increase of
Spain unemployment and poverty América
Lands similar to Europe used to set Europeans realised about crimes and
european emigrants abuses in colonies and organised
Portugal Thanks to the Canada strikes and protests
transport development
Canada, South Africa,
Now, European countries took Caribbean islands
Algeria or Australia Cultural
rapidly control of extensive lands. Religion
The pioneers were
Oceanía
Spheres of influence It began a acculturation process
Conversion because it was imposed the
Great Britain Western culture
Australia and
New Zealand Countries forced to give some benefits to
The European belief some European empires
France of superiority African and Asian languages or beliefs were
completely forbidden or dissapeared
France
China
Others Political
Africa Political
Belgium Geo-strategic interests
They controlled along the African Anger among empires increases,
Holland Mediterranean coast prepared European empires to WWI
For example: connect
the colonies
Germany From Morocco to Tunisia
Competition
Italy Also they gained control from West Africa to
It was a race to show the strength of Madagascar in the East coast
any nation over others
Non european
Asia
Prestige
The USA
From Vietnam to
It was a way to reinforce Cambodia
Japan
the national feeling
It was called Indochina
Ideological
Others
Racism
Belgium
White european men were
superior to the rest of races
The Belgian Congo

Scientific Holland

There were several expeditions to satisfy The Eastern

curiosity. For example Livingston in Africa or Asian Islands
Darwin in Latin America

Indonesia

Italy and Germany

came late

Their anger increased due to the lack

of territories to conquer in Africa and Asia

Russia

expanded to Siberia reaching

the Pacific Ocean

The USA

After finishing it's expansion to the

West, they directed to the Spanish
Latin America and to the Pacific Ocean (Hawaii)

Japan

They expanded nearby Korea

and threatened China