SS6H6 Analyze the impact European exploration and colonization
on various world regions. 1. Europe influenced the world. a) Spread
of culture b) Spread of religion: Christianity c) Spread of
European languages d) Spread of European governments 2. European
nations became wealthy and powerful
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Empire Building In the late 1800s, a few European countries
decided to take over the world. Why? Greed, pride, jealousy,
competition, economic opportunity, need for raw materials, and
their deep beliefs about their own superiority.
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Conquer To defeat and take over another country. To destroy the
culture of the defeated people and replace it with the culture of
the conquerors.
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Homeland Countries in Europe that explore, conquer, and
colonize other lands.
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Colony A distant land in permanent, total control of the
Homeland. This is a map of the original Thirteen Colonies. Can you
identify some of the colonies?
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Empire The Homeland and all the colonies it controls. Empire
comes from the Latin word for power. The colonies belong to the
Homeland. Portugal Spain France England
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Imperialism The belief that it is good to have an empire. The
belief that the Homeland has the right to conquer and colonize
other countries. The belief that the empire should continually
expand. The belief that the culture of the Homeland should destroy
and replace the culture of the conquered people.
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Nationalism A strong love of your own country. The belief that
your country is superior and all other countries are inferior.
Homelands in Europe were right next to one another, so nationalism
easily became competition.
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Military/Militarism The military is the army (land power) and
navy (sea power) of a country. Militarism is the belief in a strong
military. Militarism is the belief that stronger military power
makes your Homeland superior to other Homelands. Large empires
needed strong armies to control their colonies. Military leaders
and leaders of nations shared this belief in military power.
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Industrialization Industry is making things in factories. The
Industrial Revolution was a change in the culture of Europe in the
1800s. People moved from farms to cities to work in factories.
Cities became crowded and polluted. Goods were manufactured quickly
and cheaply. Europe became industrialized. Industries needed more
raw materials, so Homelands needed more colonies.
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Scramble for Africa European countries rushed to colonize the
continent of Africa. Colonies in North and South America fought
wars to separate themselves from the control of the Homelands. All
colonies in South America were free of European control by around
1830. So European powers turned their attention to Africa. They
scrambled to conquer and colonize the continent.
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Scramble for Africa The main empire-building, imperialist
countries in Africa were Great Britain (England, UK) and France.
Portugal, Spain, Denmark, and Germany, continued the race to
conquer part of Africa, and later Italy, Belgium, and the
Netherlands joined in. These countries believed their power and
glory would increase if they controlled more of Africa.