Unit 6_ Imperialism in Africa & Asia Student Handout
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Unit 6 - 19th Century Imperialism in Africa & Asia
Essential Question: What were the causes and long-term effects of European imperialism in Africa and Asia
during the 19th century?
Document 1: Encyclopedia Britannica - The First Opium War
Africa
Asia
Causes
Effects
In Asia, opium was t...
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Unit 6 - 19th Century Imperialism in Africa & Asia
Essential Question: What were the causes and long-term effects of European imperialism in Africa and Asia
during the 19th century?
Document 1: Encyclopedia Britannica - The First Opium War
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
❏ Asia ❏ Effects
In Asia, opium was the cause of the european imperialism. China was a marketplace for opium and
when it was put to an end because of serious social and economical problems, the british were
outraged and sought to attack chinese to reopen the Opium trade. In late august, the british captured
nanjing and put an end to the fighting.
Document 2: Opium War Cartoon
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
❏ Asia ❏ Effects
As a result of the europeans taking of asian countries, they forced them to accept and reopen the
Opium trade. China was being overtaken in some parts due to the fact that the drug commerce was
put to an end. After the Europeans imperialized parts of Asia , the british were showing violence in
order to get the chinese to open the opium trade.
Document 3: Dividing Up Africa, 1884-1885
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
❏ Asia ❏ Effects
The british berlin conference stated ordnance under which europeans could claim lands in africa. As
a cause of the european imperialism, european powers claimed lands in inferior africa without
demonstrations the requirement of effective occupation
Document 4: The Congo Free State
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
❏ Asia ❏ Effects
The economic ability and the availability of raw materials in Africa were two main causes of european
impersimial. King Leopold ran a rubber company which was considered legalized robbery enforced
by violence. Him and his company was the reason for over 10 million casualties of the enslaved
africian americans, leaving others in poor conditions.
Document 5: A Letter from King Leopold to Colonial Missionaries, 1883
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
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❏ Asia
, In this document is an effect of european imperialism on african natives and tribes. King leopold
instructs colonial missionaries to convince the africans to know god so they will be submissive to
white men. This will result in the white people able to manipulate them.
Document 6: Social Darwinism
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
❏ Asia ❏ Effects
The european impresora thought that the africans were less involved and civilized than white people.They used social
darwinism to best justify that the best adapted people should be t the top and the black were more similar to animals
than humans, they used imperialism to african civilizations and use africa people.
Document 7: Treaty of Nanjing
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
❏ Asia ❏ Effects
In the treaty of Nanjing, it states that the chinese emperor should pay the british 6 million for the
opium in the next month of march. They will also ceded in the area of hong kong and agree to
establish fair and robledal tariffs upon the p[eople
Document 8: Human Zoos, Paris 1907
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
❏ Asia ❏ Effects
As an effort of the french taking over parts of Africa, the natives were captured and put in cages like
animals for the entertainment of european zoos and world affairs. This was to recreate their culture
and ordinal habits for white people to see.
Document 9: Papal Bull
❏ Africa ❏ Causes
❏ wir ❏ Effects
This document is an example of european imperialism in africa. The spanish people were using up all the materials and
resources provided by the african lands and people, they were turning the africans into slaves. The pope of african
island writes that europeans should free the slaves without expecting more in return.
Document 10: George Washington Williams's Open Letter to King
Leopold on the Congo, 1890 ❏ Causes
❏ Africa ❏ Effects
❏ Asia
This is an effect of european imperialism.George williams writes to king leopold stating that he has
gone to see the african peoples expecting them to be cared for, only to see that their lad has been
take from them , they were forced to be slavs, their families and children taken from them, and being
sold to work far from their homeland and their families.
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