HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Technological advances in transportation, medicine and communication.
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geographical shifts in their landmasses made areas more assessible
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rulers opened up their countries for more trade
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ethnocentrism
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the late 1800’s, economic, political, and religious motives prompted these nations to expand their influence over other regions, each with a goal to increase their power across the globe. The Industrial Revolution of the 1800’s created a need for natural resources to fuel newly invented machinery and transportation.
Detailed explanation-2: -New Imperialism, period of intensified imperialistic expansion from the latter half of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
Detailed explanation-3: -Technology such as steamships, medicine, and repeating firearms greatly aided European colonialism in Africa and Asia during the nineteenth century. These technological advances allowed them to maneuver their forces quickly and have the firepower to kill large numbers of people at little risk to themselves.
Detailed explanation-4: -Africa was particularly vulnerable to imperialism for a few reasons. Africa is extremely large and there are many different countries and nations within, causing a lack of unity. Africa was also technologically disadvantaged as it did not have modern weapons, making it much weaker.