Take a sheet of paper and make a paper hat.

How do we get from European Exploration to Imperialism leading to the outbreak of WWI?

• Well, that is what our standards are asking us to do.

So today…

We will travel through time by about 200 years!

Time Traveler HatSo easy to make!

Colony

• A territory ruled by another nation, usually one far away

Colonization

• A system by which a country maintains colonies outside its borders.

• Exploitation, maintenance, acquisition, and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory.

• Unequal relationships between the colonial power and the colony and often between the colonists and the indigenous population.

Primary Reasons for Colonialism

• Occurred in the late 1800’s

• Competition for raw materials, a market for their products, and cheap labor

• The Industrial Revolution created a great demand for low-cost raw materials and profitable markets to sell their goods

These motives prompted European powers to…

• Expand in to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East

• By the late 1800’s most of the world had been divided by the Europeans into colonial powers

• Between 1875-1895, a handful of European countries seized over 25% of the world’s population

Turn to page 330 in your textbook and find the map:

• Categorize the possessions as quickly as you can!

Colonialism of Africa

What happened in the 200 or so years that made all this colonialism happen?

• There were several factors

• But the BIG ONE for us was…

Industrial Revolution

• Results in terms of ECONOMIC changes:• Expansion of world trade

• Factory system

• Mass production of goods

• Industrial capitalism

• Increased standard of living

• unemployment

Imperialism

• The practice of one country’s controlling the government and economy of another country or territory.

Nationalism

• Strong pride in one’s nation or ethnic group