1. Chapter 16-The Age of Imperialism
*The Age of Imperialism (one country’s domination of the political, economic, and social life of another country) brought much of the globe under Western control. An unparalleled exchange of ideas and products resulted. European ways, however, often disrupted many cultures.

2. Chapter 16-The Age of Imperialism
Section One- Pressures for Expansion|
Cecil Rhodes- A British adventurer who made a fortune from gold and diamond mining in southern Africa
Section Two-The Partition of Africa
David Livingstone-A Scottish doctor and missionary who explored in central and eastern Africa, setting up Christian missions
Afrikaners – Dutch settlers that came to southern Africa in 1652 and established the port of Cape Town

3. Section Three- The Division of Asia
An Indian soldier in the British army was called a sepoy.
After British victory in the Opium War of 1842, British citizens in China gained extraterritoriality. (the right to live under their own laws and courts)
The United States influenced China to open trade to the trade of all nations. This was called the Open Door Policy.

4. The Boxers
The Boxers (also known as the righteous and harmonious fists) were one of the secret societies in China dedicated to removing diplomats, entrepreneurs, missionaries, and other foreigners from the country.
The Boxer Rebellion happened when the Boxers carried out attacks against foreigners and Chinese Christians, besieging foreign communities in Beijing, the Chinese capital. In response, the western powers and Japan sent a multinational force and ended the uprising.

5. Imperialism
In 1853, Matthew Perry signed a treaty with Japan to begin to trade again with the United States.
Mutsuhito (Meiji)(Enlightened) caused Japan to become an industrial power during his rule.
The first time in modern history that an Asian country had defeated an European country was in the Russo-Japanese War.

6. Section Four- Imperialism in the Americas
The Monroe Doctrine was issued in It warned the European powers not to interfere in the countries of the Western Hemisphere. It stated that the United States would consider this action a threat to its peace and safety.

7. The Spanish-American War
The President of the United States during the Spanish-American War was William McKinley.
What caused the Spanish-American War?
Cuban struggle for independence
Broken promise by the Spanish for Cuban reforms
Cubans put in concentration camps because of revolt
Sinking of the U.S. Warship-the Maine

8. Discussion Questions for All Sections of Chapter 16
The factors that stimulated outward expansion by European powers in the Age of Imperialism: national rivalries, the desire for raw materials and markets, search for new opportunities, a “civilizing mission”

9. Discussion Questions-Chapter 16
Explain how imperial nations acquired and ruled overseas lands. In what ways did the British and French differ in ruling their empires? a. They acquired and ruled overseas lands through treaties, purchases, and conquests b. French: spread their culture overseas; British: allowed local rulers to represent them

10. Discussion Questions Chapter 16
Describe the role of religion in the spread of Western values during the 1800s. Missionaries spread Christianity and set up schools and hospitals, they also spread European ways

11. Discussion Questions Chapter 16
How did science, industry, and technology aid the growth of imperialism? New mass production of weapons of war enabled Europeans to defeat non-European people that had simpler technologies. Japan, however, modernized and became an imperial power.

12. Discussion Questions Chapter 16
Contrast the ways in which the Age of Imperialism contributed to the growth of unity in the world with the ways it contributed to disunity. It prompted unity by bringing people from around the world into closer contact; it prompted disunity by sparking wars and other conflicts.