QUARTLY history MP3

Imperialism:

Causes of Imperialism:

economic motivations,need of land for their surplus populations, Desired raw materials & markets, Determined to spread Christianity to the rest of the world 

Imperilism-Why was  it so easy for Europeans to conquer the nations of Africa?

Technology, lack of unity,weakend conditons,stronger economies, governments, & armed forces

What were the effects of Imperialism:

A decline of traditional values and culture among indigenous peoples 

2) Non-western people were exploited and treated as inferior by Western colonizers 

3)  Europe divided African lands to their advantage, leading to future tribal conflicts

4 (MAIN) Causes of WWI

Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliances,Militarism/Arms Race

What type of fighting took place during the War?  Describe some of the features of this type of fighting.

Trench warfare-,Air warfare-,Tank warfare-,Naval warfare-,Gas warfaee

Did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany? How

Yes 1.took away German Land in Europe

2.took away Germany’s colonies

3.Gave Germany complete blame for the war, which meant it had to make reparations to the allies for damages caused

4.Limits placed on the size of Germany’s armed forces

Why WWI was more destructive than any war before it

modernized weapons like poison gas

Japan was seen to be imperialist by expanding into major cities of what country

China

The soviet union under which dictator had a classless Society that stressed rapid industrialization

stalin

ww1 was destructive due to Modern Industrialized__

weapons

Taiwan Korea and Manchukuo were part of the 1931 Empire of

Japan

Reparations financial hardships and German hyperinflation under the __ Republic

Weimar

many weimar German political parties were represented in their legislated body

reichstag

The rise of this controlling type of government was due to economics/social turmoil after WW1

totalitarian

during the age of Imperialism China was divided into spheres of

influence

During wartime this decreased in order to supply the militaries for battle

unemployment

land raw materials markets and Christianity are motivations of what age

imperialism

under Stalin the Soviet government created these Farms to boost agricultural production

collective farms

after WW1 rising unemployment reparations Factories/Banks closed, the economy collapsing what country?

Germany

the Allies had a lower casualty rate than the___Powers

Central

Nation that lost the most territory after WW1

Austria-Hungary

By 1914 unemployment was vastly different between Germany and Great__

Britian

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism caused this?

WW1

Posters that influenced people to join and support the WW1 war effort

propaganda

Reparations, war guilt clause, limited military: what treaty?

Versailles

Racist idea whereby Western powers viewed non westerners as childlike ignorant and needing guidance

white mans burden

Vulnerable because the population had weak cultural ties

Africa

Allowed more direct trade with Asia without sailing around Africa

suez canal

Age of Imperialism saw racism, divided lands, and the decline of values and__

culture

The central powers had less troops than the __Powers

Allied

Battlefields on the Western front were stalemated because of what

trenches

Define propaganda

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

What led to the rise of totalitarian leaders after WWI? (Dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini)?

other losing nations of World War I were growing tired of the empty promises of Democratically elected leaders that they felt were weak, and started to find more radical, extreme politicians more attractive.  The rise of dictators making promises of strength and a return to former national greatness began to gain popular support. 

What type of government did Stalin set up in the Soviet Union? 

totalitarian/ stalinism