Imperialism Vocab List

when an industrialized nation takes over a non-industrialized nation for markets & raw materials.

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• paternalism

• Social Darwinism

 pride in one’s nation; a cause of European imperialism

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• paternalism

• Social Darwinism

 European belief that Africans, Indians, Asians, etc. needed Europeans as parents/father figure…racist…justification of imperialism

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• paternalism

• Social Darwinism

 racist idea that White race is superior/more evolved than Africans, Indians, Asians, etc…Justification for Imperialism

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• paternalism

• Social Darwinism

meeting in 1885 among European nations to peacefully divide Africa….NO AFRICANS INVITED

• Berlin Conference

• Sepoy Mutiny

• White Man's Burden

• Boxer Rebellion

attempt by Indians (Muslim and Hindu soldiers working for the British) to kick out the British from India…failed

• Berlin Conference

• Sepoy Mutiny

• White Man's Burden

• Boxer Rebellion

English poem justifying European Imperialism…claimed Europeans had a job to civilize Africa, India, Asia, etc…racist idea

• Berlin Conference

• Sepoy Mutiny

• White Man's Burden

• Boxer Rebellion

An attempt by the native Chinese to kick out foreigners. (Like Sepoy Mutiny)

• Berlin Conference

• Sepoy Mutiny

• White Man's Burden

• Boxer Rebellion

belief that one’s culture or way of life is superior to all other (Think: Chinese during Middle Ages, Europeans during age of Imperialism, or Americans today?)

• ethnocentrism

• assimilation

• paternalism

• nationalism

when a minority group adopts majority culture…some Europeans forced Africans to assimilate to their culture/way of life

• ethnocentrism

• assimilation

• paternalism

• nationalism