Unit 7 – Imperialism through World War I Lesson # 2 – Imperialism – Day 1.
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Causes of World War One Imperialism
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What is Imperialism?
• Imperialism is when a powerful country claims a different area of the world for itself
• This creates an ‘Empire’• The Smaller Countries are called
‘Colonies’• Canada was once a ‘Colony’ of
Britain
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• many nations had looked to expand their economic base and power through the collection of colonies leading up to WWI
• QUESTION:If having a colony brings a nation a bigger
population, what positive effect could this have on selling the nation’s goods ?
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• the size of empire was a point of pride for nations
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• Britain in particular bragged that the sun never sets on its empire
• Watch the time change in the next diagram – all the countries were colonies of Britain before WWI
• The rotating circle represent the sun at the highest point of the day
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• QUESTION:– What does the statement ‘The Sun
Never Sets on the British Empire’ mean to you?
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Look at this picture – what do you think it represents?
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• QUESTION:– What do you think this picture says
about the control that England (Britain) had over the world because of its many colonies?
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• France had a lot of colonies in Africa • even small nations such as Belgium
and the Netherlands had colonies in Africa, South America and Asia
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• Germany had joined the race for colonies late and had some jealousy towards Britain and France – they wanted ‘their place in the sun’
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• QUESTIONS:– Looking at the following Map, count how
many colonies each country has– Which colonies are the biggest? Who do
they belong to?
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• Germany’s jealousy over not having colonies was a major cause of WWI
• Germany thought their military power could gain them more colonies
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• Germany’s ‘place in the sun’ was supposed to look like this: