1. Mireya Lopez

2. causes
• Political: nationalism, to be the most
powerful country by ruling many other
countries
• Economical: to use other country's
resources
Religious
• Ideological: believed that their race was
better and had to civilize other people by
teaching them
• Exploratory: people wanted to explore
new lands for mapping

3. Political/Military reasons
• Motives were based on a nation's
desire to gain power, to compete with
other European countries, to expand
territory, to exercise military force, to
gain prestige by winning colonies,
and to boost national pride and
security (Nationalism)

4. Economic
• motives included the desire to
make money, to expand and
control foreign trade, to create
new markets for products, to
acquire raw materials and cheap
labor, to compete for
investments and resources, and
to export industrial technology
and transportation methods.

5. Cultural/Religious
• Motives included the desire to
spread Christianity, to protect
European missionaries in other
lands, to spread European values
and moral beliefs, to educate
peoples of other cultures, and to
end slave trade in Africa.

6. Different types of rule
• Colony: a city, state or other territory set up at a distance
by emigrants
• Protectorate: country with its own government but under
the control of an outside power
• Sphere of influence: an area which the outside power
claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges
• Economic imperialism: Economic imperialism is the
economic analysis of things such as sociology, religion,
crime, and war.
• Direct: sending officials and soldiers from France to
administer their colonies
• Indirect: to govern colonies they used sultans , chiefs, or
other local ruling

7. Western Advantages of
advantages natives
Well organized , strong
economies ,powerful
armies and navies

8. Overview

9. Armenian Genocide

10. Pos. Effects V.s Neg. Affects
• Disadvantages: caused wars / tension
among the European countries, led to
wars to country that were not European
• Advantages: The land occupied could also
be helped to evolve to the Western
countries, it showed the country had
power therefore would fend off other
countries, when war erupts the countries
could help each other.