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This Digital Interactive Notebook is designed to help you
better understand Age European Imperialism for World
History. It includes pages on vocabulary terms, people, and
key events of these periods.

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 Forms of Imperialism
Directions: As European nations scrambled to claim territory around the world, different
levels of control developed in different regions. After learning about the differences,
describe each form of imperialism, give examples, then describe the positives and negatives
for both the colonies and mother countries.

Form Definition Examples Benefits Negatives

a country or Alaska: a Military loss of cultur

area colony of Advantage Cruel treatment
controlled Russia Taxes of nativese
politically by Angola: a Rsources
colony of plundered
a more Portugal
Colony powerful
country that
is often far
away

a country that Roosevelt also access to trade Ignoring social

is generally provided the routes, responsibilities
Dominican minerals, or raw No political
controlled
Republic with materials for freedom
and defended Not Applicable
customs industry
by a more protection in Oppressive rule
Protectorate powerful 1905,Nicaragua
country as a U.S.
protectorate-
in-practice in
1912

an area in Eurosphere, bring order to Loss of

Chinese cultural peripheral areas
which the culture
power or sphere
Culture
interests of a Relativism l
Sphere of country or an
Influence organization
are of
greatest
importance
 Imperialism Illustrated Vocabulary
Directions: Research each vocabulary term below and type your own definition in the 2nd
column. Then look for an image that best symbolizes it and insert it in the 3rd column.

Vocabulary Definition Image

the task, believed by white colonizers
to be incumbent upon them, of
White Man’s imposing Western civilization on the
black inhabitants of European colonies
Burden

an English company formed for the

exploitation of trade with East and
East India Southeast Asia and India
Company

a war between Great Britain

and China that began in 1839
as a conflict over the opium
trade and ended in 1842 with
the Chinese cession of Hong
Opium War Kong to the British, the opening
of five Chinese ports to foreign
merchants, and the grant of
other commercial and
diplomatic privileges in the
Treaty of Nanking
a meeting between European
nations to create rules on how to
peacefully divide Africa among
Berlin Conference them for colonization.

an Indian soldier serving under British

or other European orders.

Sepoy
 Motives for European Imperialism
Directions: Imperialism occurs when a powerful nation takes over or dominates a weaker nation
or region. In the late 1800’s, various motives prompted European nations to expand their rule
over other regions. Describe the motives for each aspect of European imperialism then find and
paste in a picture to represent it below. Finally, describe the effects of each at the bottom.

Economic Political Religious

to get more goods or to change the belief of

supply and to make to ensure they have the people into
people to buy their more resource and and Christianity
goods to control another
country.

Effects of Each Motive

Make money from Rule other countries Make people believe in

otherr countries with full power of Christianity
governmentship