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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

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113070013 1. Imagine you were born and raised in a collectivist culture instead of an individualist culture. Based on your understanding of individualism and collectivism, how might your thinking about yourself and how might your thinking about other people be different?

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Realism – A theory of international relations that focuses on the tendency of nations to operate from self-interest. Idealism – A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace. Isolationism – The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether. Internationalism – The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving. Unilateralism – A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations. Bush Doctrine – A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America’s right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. interests at home or abroad.
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