HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Question
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Gobi Desert
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Red Sea
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Pacific Rim
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lands that border Pacific Ocean (Southeast Asia)
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Detailed explanation-1: -European Powers Invade the Pacific Rim The British established a major trading port at Singapore. The French took over Indochina on the Southeast Asian mainland. The Germans claimed the Marshall Islands and parts of New Guinea and the Solomon islands. The lands of Southeast Asia were perfect for plantation agriculture.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did European powers race each other to claim land in Southeast Asia? They desired the land for its strategic location along the sea routes to China and their sources of tropical agriculture, minerals, and oil.
Detailed explanation-3: -Imperialism, Colonialism, and Nationalism in Southeast Asia. Great Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States were the imperialist countries that had colonies in Southeast Asia. Portugal also had a colony in the region but had the least impact.
Detailed explanation-4: -Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast.