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Imperialism

World War I Study Guide

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WWI Study Guide Reading: Chapter 13 Can you? ?Select examples of advancements in technology, communication and transportation and explain how some have improved lives and others have had negative consequences? ?Define militarism? Militarism - the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. ?Explain how militarism leads to an increase in distrust between countries? European countries built up massive armies and stocks of weapons. Countries were ready to fight and each country had to watch it?s back from an ambush, since they all had the weapons to do so. You could say militarism was a cause of WWI. ?Define alliances?

Chapter 4: Key Issue #4 APHG

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Threat to Folk Culture Fear loss of folk culture; wish to maintain traditional values/customs Long established history, change of identity. Folk custom change slowly over time. Increased economic developed = money to buy new popular customs. More technology and communication. Global networks of trade and communication. The more a country develops, the more they gain to popular customs. Loss of traditional values & increase of Western values (US, Western Europe, etc. are the sources of pop culture Cultural imperialism ? dominance of one culture over another Loss of Traditional Values Asia and Africa ? contrast of urban business/gov?t workers and rural farmers in terms of clothing

Colonies and spheres of influence in Asia

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Cornell Notes Topic / Objective: Name: Jack Andrew Joa Colonies and Spheres of Influence in Asia Class: Chapter 17.3 Notes Period: Date: Essential Question: Colonies and Spheres of Influence in Asia Questions: Notes: Colonies and Spheres Colony: ? A country or area under the full or partial political control of of Influence: another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settler from that country. Sphere of Influence: ? Is an area within which the political and economic interests of one nation are more important than of other nations. A sphere of influence does not involve sending your people over to a country to live there to control it. India: Early 1600s:

APUSH Midterm studyguide

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? APUSH/Michelena Second Semester Midterm Review: The exam is?65 questions, covering American Imperialism to the end WWII. American Imperialism: Why did the US become an imperial nation? Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Social Darwinism: the application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. TR achievements Open Door Policy: statement of U.S. foreign policy toward china. Issued by U.S. secretary of state john hay (1899), the statement reaffirmed the principle that all countries should have equal access to any Chinese port open to trade.

American Imperialism

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American: Isolationist to Imperialist Factors: Yellow Journalism Closing of the frontier New emerging international interest. Agricultural & industrial boom Military/strategic interests/new Navy Darwinism Manifest Destiny Incidents Reverend Josiah Strong's Our Country:? Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis inspired missionaries to travel to foreign nations. William R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer led the fabricated atrocities of Cuba apart of the new "yellow journalism."? The two men caused the American people to believe that conditions in Cuba were worse than they actually were. Make people adventurous

Chinese Imperialism

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Chrissa Pantazis March 24, 2012 Imperialism ? China Why was the West interested in this region? - Britain wanted to trade with China ? tea, silk, cotton - expected excessive profit ? China thought they were superior and didn?t want European goods - many countries wanted control of China ? give Britain power - money money money - 1759 Cohong established by emperor ? license firms that sold goods at set prices, regulated by gov?t - said that they can only sell not live in China in specific districts Why was the region vulnerable to Western pressure or influence? - Qing Dynasty issues: over population boom- peasants increased no food & compete for agricultural land - Europeans invading: missionaries and merchants, impose/ force to agree with trading rights

African Imperialism

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Chrissa Pantazis March 20, 2012 African Imperialism Why was the West interested in this region? - large amounts of natural resources - Britain: wanted control of the Suez Canal & East/South Africa to secure their trade routes from India - Belgium: rubber and gold - French: humiliated by defeat in Prussia wanted to reestablish nation?s prestige - missionary converts ? return of Christianity ? thought that Caucasians were superior - wanted to end slavery in Africa and bring Western education, medicine, hygiene and monogamous marriage - nationalism in Europe increases - industrialization had a demand for more resources - needed copper for electrical wiring, tin, chrome and manganese for the steel industry, coal for steam engines and gold and diamonds

Expansion of European Power and the New Imperialism

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Expansion of European Power and the New Imperialism pg 828 - New developments made it possible for Europeans (or Americans) to impose their will - Europeans considered their civilizations and way of life to be superior to all others. - Last third of the Nineteenth century, European states spread control over ten million square miles or 150 million people - Thought it was necessary for power - Called New Imperialism The New Imperialism - Imperialism: policy of extending ones authority by territorial acquisition or by establishing economic and political hegemony over other nations - Usual pattern of New Imperialism: - Invest capital in "less industrialized" country - Develop its mines and agriculture - Build roads, bridges, etc.

The Reactions to Western Imperialism 1750-1914

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As a reaction to the Western’s Imperialism, the ottoman Empire, unlike every other nation, did nothing. If anything, they became more dependent of the Western world ever since they aided the Ottoman Empire to fight off the Romans. No political or cultural reactions occurred. This is most probably due to the fact that the Ottoman Empire was declining. These were the end of its days.

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