Introduction

"Chapter 25: The West and the World" is about the effects of industrialization on Europe and the rest of the world, resulting in the new imperialism. It focuses on the impacts Europeans had on Asian, African, and Latin American countries during this time as European countries attempted to make vast empires. Imperialism shows its significance as the era that led Europe into World War I.

Unit Objective: To understand the causes, motives, justifications, and results of the era of new imperialism.

EQ: Compare and contrast the old imperialism and the new imperialism.

The old imperialism of the Age of Exploration stemmed from Europeans' desires of new knowledge of the outside world. The motives were gold, glory, and God. They hoped to prove themselves as significant beings who had helped to forge the way through the new land overseas in the Americas. They hoped to find new resources that could be used to better themselves financially and give their countries an edge in the trading market. Some also hoped to spread the teachings of Christ through the uncivilized peoples of the Americas. The new imperialism began from European countries' thirst for vast empires and economic success. Their main motive was money, and they used God and civilization as justifications for their heinous actions. Both took advantage of native peoples to ruthlessly further their own ends, and each kind of imperialism exhibited racist ideals to assert the white man as superior.