Imperialism: Get Started...

Unit Goal

• Analyze the causes of New Imperialism, how Western nations exploited new colonial territories in Africa and Asia, and how people resisted European expansionism.

Main Ideas

• Analyze motives, methods, practices, policies of different colonizers on indigenous societies
• Evaluate the effects and impact on both sides in regards to economics, politics, culture, religion, and resources
• How people and nations responded, reacted or resisted
• Compare and contrast political boundaries in 1875 and 1914
• Relationships among Industrial Revolution, nationalism, competition for global markets, imperialism and natural resources
• Analyze racism as a cause and/or consequence of imperialism

• Think of alternate terms and Synonyms for the topic
• Try both broad and specific Keywords about the topic
• Use Advanced Search and Filters when available to limit or refine results
• Use Subject Headings in results to narrow results
• Use Quotation Marks around exact phrases: "Declaration of Independence"
• Use AND to get all keywords

Examples...

New Imperialism

• colonies, colonialism, colonial territories
• resistance, revolts, anti-colonialism
• expansionism, empires, imperialism

The Colonizers & Colonized

• Search for specific People - Places - Events
• ​Europe: Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, France, Japan, United States, Netherlands (Dutch)
• Africa: old and new names of countries, societies, tribes, etc.
• Asia:  Japan, China, India

Combinations...

Ex:   Name  +   Topic or Theme

• economics, politics, culture, religion, natural resources
• era by name or date (political boundaries 1875)
• competition for global markets, imperialism and natural resources
• racism + imperialism
• colonialism, Western

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