Standards:

10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America, and the Philippines.

1. Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonial-ism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology).

2. Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.

3. Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.

4. Describe the independence struggles of the colonized regions of the world, including the roles of leaders, such as Sun Yat-sen in China, and the roles of ideology and religion.

UNIT QUESTION - Why did imperial powers seek to expand their empires? How did colonies respond? What were the legacies of these conquests?

Instructional Objective Level Questions:

· Why did industrialized nations embark on imperial ventures?

· How did colonization work?

· How was imperialism connected to race and religion?

· How was imperialism similar and different between colonies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America?

· What were the causes and effects of the Mexican Revolution?

· How did native people respond to colonization?

· What factor led to the Meiji Restoration and what imperialist effects did it encourage within Japan?

Scramble for Africa Simulation

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Game Board (includes link to Auto Dice roll website as well as Africa Reource Maps)