Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Pg 595 1-8 Imperialism 2

1) What were the main reasons for the rise of imperialism? It was because of the industrial revolution and people needing more materials and food.
2) How did some europeans get colonial territory from African chefs? They had african chiefs sign many treaties in Congo Basin.
3) What caused settlers to move into Transvaal after 1885? They didn't want to deal with enslavement from the british so they moved away from them to the grass lands where they set up there own independent states.
4) How did british gain control over india? When france lost the 7 years war the british moved in and soon started controlling India.
5) What was the purpose of the open door policy? It gave every one equal trading rights in China.
6) Why did comodore perry go to Japan in 1853? It was so he could set up negotiations on protecting trading american ships.
7) Why were the united states interested in latin American states in the early 1900? They needed to protect and increase there growing power there. One of the things they did was build the Panama canal.
8) How did Imperialism increase nationalism in the colonies? It helped them change there feelings and opinions on religion, customs, and languages.

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