world civilization spring final

Economic motives for imperialism

driven by industrial revolution

Political motives for imperialism

global power, expand territory

social darwinism

view that Westerners were superior to all other races which gave them the right to take over other nations

***Resistance to imperialism

• defiance to the government every day

*Effect on indigenous people

homes and previous lives taken away from them

why did Europeans expand overseas?

resources where available over seas

benefit of imperialism on Europeans

access to new resources, access to new trade

How did Ethiopia and and Siam remain independent?

modernized and kept up with the Westerners

How did nationalism unify

rose moral in nation

How did nationalism divide

minorities of people groups became excited for their own nation and wanted to get rid of foreign rulers

Modernization efforts ***

M.A.I.N.

militarism- glorification of war

alliances- triple alliance (Great Britain, France, Russia), triple entente (Germany, Austria- Hungary, Italy)

imperialism- domination of one country over another

nationalism- pride in ones country

trench warfare

fought from trenches with no-mans-land in between

what event triggered the war

assassination of Austria-Hungary’s archduke

*Totalitarianism leaders

Effects of great depression

unemployment, economy collapse

Unit 5