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Imperialism is the policy or idea of expanding a country's rule and influence. This is spread through military force. The objective of imperialism is to secure power abroad and to be able to influence and introduce culture to new places. Trade is also an object of imperialism.

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Nationalism is a belief that your country is superior or better than all of the others.  An example or a form of nationalism is someone possessing merchandise with their country's name, flag, or mascot on it. Imperialism plays a role in nationalism as well. By someone attempting to spread their country's influence and culture to other nations by conquering and/or colonizing it, they are trying to promote their country's greatness by making an effort to build an empire.

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White Man's Burden was the idea that it was the Europeans' job to educate the people in Asia and Africa. It was also the belief that it was the Europeans jobs to Christianize the Asians and Africans. This was because the people of Asia and Africa were seen as brutal savages because they lived differently from Europeans at the time. The Europeans believed that the way they lived and proceeded with life was the only proper or right way to, which is why they took it upon themselves to "help" the people of Asia and Africa.

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Supporting Question: Are European goals harmless?

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Supporting Question: Are European goals harmless?

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European goals are both harmful and harmless, but mostly harmful in my opinion. The less harmful goals are their goals regarding trade and gaining new natural resources from other nations like Africa and Asia. The execution of this goal was mostly harmless as well. The European's other goals, such as brining their culture to other countries, as well as influencing their ideas could be seen as harmless and even helpful to both Europe and the other nations. However, the execution of these goals was arguably very harmful. The goals were not only done by conquering and colonizing, but by other methods as well. Education was one of these methods and while it does seem mostly harmless, ideas such Social Darwinism and White Man's Burden were born and put into action. This resulted in many of the people in Africa and Asia being Christianized, highly most likely against their wills. Due to previous events such as the Age of Exploration that Europeans played a role in with attempting to civilize others, violent or forceful methods could have been used to Christianize Asians and Africans, which is definitely something very harmful.

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Describe the European attitudes towards Africa (make sure to include info from all 4 sources)

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Describe the European attitudes towards Africa (make sure to include info from all 4 sources)

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According to the first source, Europe viewed Africa as a place full of valuable resources and raw materials that could be used to aid their market economics. Due to this, the Europeans also saw Africa as a good place to begin trading with. Based off of source 2, Europe seemed to value materials found in animals native in Africa as well, such as the maybe ivory from elephants. It could be inferred that Europe also saw the Africans as a source of help, as it appears that they are being forced to help the Europeans with labor in the photo in the third source. The 4th source shows that the Europeans saw Africa as a place where they needed to influence their religious beliefs and gain resources through violence or guns like the poems said. It is also implied that they saw people in Africa as savage or uncivilized.

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White Man's Burden

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The Spheres of Influence were parts or areas of China that Britain, Germany, Russia, and France took control of. The reason why they did this was because of China's valuable natural resources that could be used to benefit Europe's markets. Trading ports in China were seen significant to the Europeans as well. The European countries ended up taking control of those as well, which soon began to anger the Chinese, as it was seen as a forge in invasion. Soon, Chinese violet mobs formed with the objective to try to forge any foreigners from China. They were called "The Righteous Harmony Fists" but were more commonly known as "The Boxers". The Boxers looted and killed any European or Christian people or cities that they could. However, eventually Britain, Germany, Russia, and the United States formed an alliance and managed to stop the Boxers. They were dealt with very harshly yet swiftly in public through violent punishments and executions.

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Does Germany Need Colonies? Explain how this author makes the case for German Nationalism.

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Does Germany Need Colonies? Explain how this author makes the case for German Nationalism.

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The author argues for Germany needing colonies. The author makes this case for German Nationalism by presenting arguments, which are all stating the political, social, and economic benefits and effects of Germany having colonies. Why Germans possessing more nationalism would be a favorable asset to achieving more of the country's goals is also shown in the author's arguments. Another way that the author made this case for German Nationalism was by comparing it to England. This was done by listing and illustrating ways that England has been benefited by colonizing, as well as how the English were able to successfully do it. The advantageous results of this were also greatly emphasized, in which England's strong sense of nationalism played a huge role in.

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Using the images explain what type of message European powers and the Chinese dynasty wished to send to dissenters?

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Using the images explain what type of message European powers and the Chinese dynasty wished to send to dissenters?

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Based on the images, the message that European powers and the Chinese dynasty wished to send to dissenters was possibly a threat that anyone who disagrees with them could die. This is because the images all show people either suffering or about to face some kind of violent consequence or execution.

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Nationalism is arguably very dangerous, as it doesn't only play a significant role for countries having the ability to achieve their goals, but it can also be a main source of motivation. These "goals" often have to do with the nation wanting to expand their power. With enough people having nationalism and believing their country is the best, the country's power and influence can expand. Many past events (and even present) can support this statement, as well as the many dangers of conquering, terrorizing, and colonizing for nationalism. One of these horribly dangerous events that nationalism had a huge amount of relevance in causing was the Holocaust. Germany's new profound nationalism that Adolf Hitler influenced was a factor in why Germans believed themselves as much more superior to Jews and other minorities in Europe at the time. This soon brought about the idea that Jews (and other minorities) should be blamed for Germany's problems from the consequences World War I, which resulted in mass genocide.

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Why is the name "The Scramble for Africa" fitting?

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Why is the name "The Scramble for Africa" fitting?

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The name "The Scramble for Africa" is fitting because according to the first source, many nations were racing or scrambling to get to Africa's natural resources and materials first before they ran out or were all taken. Another reason why European countries "scrambled" to Africa was because of their nations's strong nationalism, as well as political reasons having to do with gaining the most power.

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The white man carrying what appears to be an African to a school.

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German Nationalism Primary Source Annotations: Give 3 examples from the text that support the author's claims 

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German Nationalism Primary Source Annotations: Give 3 examples from the text that support the author's claims 

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Supporting Question: In what ways was Africa exploited?

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Supporting Question: In what ways was Africa exploited?

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Africa was exploited by Europe in a number of different ways. One of these ways was taking advantage of Africa's lack of technology so that they wouldn't be able to fight the Europeans away. Another way was through the new "legal trade". Nationalism was also included in exploring Africa.

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Does this cartoon promote social, political, or economic goals and how do you know?

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Does this cartoon promote social, political, or economic goals and how do you know?

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This cartoon promotes social goals. I know because the white man carrying what appears to be an African to a school represents and illustrates the way that the Europeans tried to educate and Christianize the Africans because they lived differently from what Europe was used to seeing. This is a social goal because it has to do with the way that the Africans were forced to (socially) act by the Europeans.

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Supporting Question: Were the Boxers justified in their revolt?

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Supporting Question: Were the Boxers justified in their revolt?

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The Boxers were justified in their revolt because the Europeans really did invade China and take control of many areas, or at least attempted to. Europe even controlled 50 of China's valuable trading ports while making a lot of profit from it. Despite the Europeans allowing the Chinese to collect taxes on their goods, it was still a foreign invasion, just as The Boxers believed. This is why it truley was within The Boxers' every rights to want to drive them out.

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Social Darwinism was the popular belief that stronger countries should be able to control the weaker ones, as it was only natural and possibly beneficial for both. It was believed that the strongest nations would be able to make society better as a whole. This idea was heavily applied to during the Age of Imperialism.

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Does the Age of Imperialism deserve a bad rap?

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Does the Age of Imperialism deserve a bad rap?

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The Age of Imperialism truly does deserve a bad rap because during this time period, Europe has exploited, terrorized, colonized, and invaded many areas in Africa and Asia. The Europeans's reasons for doing all of this aren't all that justifiable either and were arguably not worth giving the natives of the places they invaded all of that trouble. To begin with, their political reasons were driven by intense nationalism and a thirst for more power than anyone else. As power was gained by expanding culture, imperialism seemed like an effect way to do it. It really was since it did end up giving European countries like Britain a lot more power then it initially had. There are feasibly no real issues with countries spreading their culture and influence, however when it is just to replace their own culture then it can potentially be an issue, as well as if it were forced, which was what Europe did when "influencing" their culture to Asian and African areas. Europe's economic goals caused many problems as well. The Spheres of Influence is just one example of this. Europe's interest in gaining more money through China's natural recourses and valuable ports caused numerous issues such as being seen as a foreign invasion (which it arguably was) to the Chinese. Europe took over their ports and took most of the profit as well, which was defiantly unwanted among all of the Chinese. This then lead to the Boxers forming, which was troublesome and violent for everyone. Europe's social goals are a huge portion of the reason why the Age of Imperialism has and deserves such a horrible rap. The Europeans had no real need to downright force the Africans to get Christianized against their wills, as it wouldn't effect whether or not their political or social goals would be achieved either way, yet they still did. Ideas such as Social Darwinism and White Man's Burden became popular and extremely executed into action. It is within a human being's natural right to be able to have religious freedom, as well as to be able to decide the way they would like to live. Europe clearly paid no mind to that, as the Europeans evidently saw the people of Africa as savages and not even human beings. In conclusion many innocent people in Africa and Asia needlessly suffered due to the way Europe applied imperialism on them. This is why the Age of Imperialism does indeed deserve a bad rap.