1. UNIT 9 Chapter 27 – The Age of Imperialism

2. Western countries colonize large areas of Africa and Asia, leading to political and cultural changes. Soldiers fighting in Boer War (South African War, 1899–1902). SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3 SECTION 4 The Scramble for Africa CASE STUDY: Imperialism Europeans Claim Muslim Lands British Imperialism in India SECTION 5 Imperialism in Southeast Asia

5.  After Suleyman I dies in 1566, empire starts to decline o Ottoman Empire falls behind Europe in technology  Selim III (1789) attempts to modernize army and is overthrown o Subject peoples in Greece and Serbia gain independence o European powers look for ways to take Ottoman lands

6.  Geopolitics  Geopolitics — taking land for its strategic location or products  Access to sea trade routes focuses attention on Ottoman lands  Russia and the Crimean War  Crimean War — Russia attacks Ottomans in 1853 to gain warm-water port to the Mediterranean Sea  Russia loses, but Ottomans are shown to be weak; still lose land  The Great Game  Great Game — war waged between Russia and Britain over India  Battles fought in Afghanistan until British withdrawal in 1881

7.  Military and Economic Reforms  Muhammad Ali breaks away from Ottoman control and rules Egypt  Begins series of reforms in military and economy  Shifts Egyptian agriculture from food crops to cash crops  The Suez Canal  Egypt builds Suez Canal — human-made waterway connects Red Sea to Mediterranean  Modernization efforts create huge debt  British oversee financial control of canal, occupy Egypt in 1882

8. Origins of the French Revolution—Assessment Which of these is NOT a natural resource Britain had for Industrialization? (A) Iron (B) Rivers (C) Capital (D) Coal Which of these is Not a factor of production? (A) Harbors (B) Land (C) Labor (D) Capital

9. Origins of the French Revolution—Assessment Which of these is NOT a natural resource Britain had for Industrialization? (A) Iron (B) Rivers (C) Capital (D) Coal Which of these is Not a factor of production? (A) Harbors (B) Land (C) Labor (D) Capital

10. Vocabulary Assessment Urbanization is the (A) Process of work in a society being done by machines (B) Immigration from one country to another (C) Business growth through new inventions (D) Movement of people to cities An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people. Private property does not exist and goods are shared equally. (A) Capitalism (B) Communism (C) Socialism (D) Feudalism

11. Vocabulary Assessment Urbanization is the (A) Process of work in a society being done by machines (B) Immigration from one country to another (C) Business growth through new inventions (D) Movement of people to cities An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people. Private property does not exist and goods are shared equally. (A) Capitalism (B) Communism (C) Socialism (D) Feudalism