Imperialism

Big Idea: If somebody really wants something, they will find a way to get it.__**  The student... - **describes** the motives and impact of imperialism (e.g., motives: economic-natural resources and expansion of trade, the competition for colonies in Africa and Asia and the Berlin Conference; humanitarian- missionaries and the ideology of Social Darwinism, political- naval bases and expansion of political control; restriction of human rights in King Leopold’s Congo; development of infrastructure; roads, schools, hospitals, railroads; assimilation and loss of indigenous culture). media type="custom" key="5290281" media type="custom" key="5290277" media type="custom" key="4377907"
 * __Imperialism

Read [|Gentlemen of the Jungle.]