Imperialism
Learning Target: I will be able to describe how the need for raw materials led to a change in how nations obtained raw materials from the land and control markets. (G.4
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Illinois Social Science Standards
Illinois Social Science Standards
SS.H.4.6-8.LC: Explain multiple causes and effects of historical events.
SS.H.4.6-8.MdC: Compare the central historical arguments in secondary works across multiple media.
SS.H.4.6-8.MC: Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.
Key Terms
Key Terms
Raw Materials - The basic material that is often taken from natural sources such as mines, forests, and farms to produce goods.
Law of Supply and Demand - a theory that explains the interaction between the supply of a resource and the demand for that resource.
Demand - the term used to describe a person's desire and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service.
Supply - the term used to describe the total amount of a specific good or service that is available for a person, factory, or city to buy.
Imperialism - a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Market - an area where trade of goods and services take place, these areas can be a building, city, or even refer to an entire country.
Sphere of Influence - a country or area in which another country has the ability to gain special treatment when trading goods or controlling people.
Bell Ringer Discussion
Bell Ringer Discussion
Describe how supply and demand impact one another in at least two different ways?
Define imperialism, and explain why nations turned to Imperialism according to John Hobson?
Why did imperialism ultimately lead to conflict?
How did people justify the use of imperialism?
Lesson Notes
Lesson Notes
Imperialism
Imperialism
Policy of controlling weaker countries or regions to obtain raw materials.
Spheres of influence were regions a nation had control of.
Demand for Raw Material caused by Industrialization.
Many claimed imperialism benefited all nations.
Nations believed having spheres of influence and colonies meant you were a powerful nation.
Understanding Geography
Understanding Geography
What does a Sphere of Influence Look Like? Notice in the map below how there are boarders drawn around different regions of the Pacific Ocean. Industrial countries were able to use their factories to produce massive navies that could control islands in the Pacific. By controlling the islands, they could control the trade of raw materials and factory goods. The Study the map below, and see if you can determine where nations had a sphere of influence.
John Hobson, The Economic Bases of Imperialism (1902)
According to the excerpt by John Hobson from his book The Economic Bases of Imperialism (1902) he believed that industrial nations felt they needed to control foreign markets to ensure a steady demand for industrial goods. Why did nations begin to adopt Imperialism as a way to deal with other countries?
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