The document discusses the reasons and effects of European colonialism around the world from the 15th century onward. It outlines some of the key motivations for colonialism, including nationalism, developing industrial economies, securing natural resources, and beliefs of social Darwinism and missionary work. Students will be assigned to research and present on a specific colonized country, addressing factors like why and when it was colonized, effects on indigenous peoples, and benefits/drawbacks for both colonizers and colonized groups. Presentations will be 5 minutes with a one page summary and citations.

1. The Effects of Colonialism

2. Reasons for Exploration

3. PORTUGUESE TRADE ROUTE
1511 Portuguese discovered the trade route via the Cape of Good Hope
Portuguese colonized Malacca (Malaysia)
Later
The Netherlands and Spain arrived later

4. Colonialism and Imperialism around
the World

6. The Columbian Exchange

8. Reasons for Colonialism?
Do you think there is a good reason for one
country to take control of another country?
If so, under what circumstances do you think
that would be justified?
What might be some benefits that colonists
bring to a colonized nation?

9. NATIONALISM
• People felt proud when their country ruled a
large empire.

10. INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY
• Need for raw materials
• Cheap labor from the natives in the colonies

11. NATIONAL SECURITY
In order to remain a strong country,
Imperialists believed:
• a strong industrial economy
• a steady supply of raw materials for the industrial
economy
• a strong military to protect economy interest

12. SOCIAL DARWINISM
Based on Racism:
• Europeans were better than other people
• They believed this made it OK for them to rule
other people.

13. MISSIONARY IMPULSE
• Spread their religion to people in other parts
of the world.
• Bring modern inventions and technology to
these people to make their lives better.

14. Spain’s Conquest of the Americas

15. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
•Define “colonization”‘imperialism’
•Brainstorm list of the colonists and colonized countries
•Discussion on motives of European countries for
colonization
•Conduct a research on colonized countries and a
short presentation on a selected country

16. Pair Up
• Choose a partner for this project
• Choose a country you are interested in
• Research on basic information on the selected
country, take note
• on your print out in Geography class
• capital, size, population, language, climate, ethnic
groups, types
• of government, currency, religion, food,
attractions

17. How are we going to do it?
•Why would a European nation want to colonize this
area? (Consider natural resources, location, etc.)
•When did this area become colonized?
•Who were the key people involved in this movement?
•What were the effects of colonization?
•What were the benefits and drawbacks of colonization
in this area for the colonizers?
•What were the benefits and drawbacks of colonization
in this area for the indigenous people?

18. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
The details
• 5 minute presentation
• PowerPoint/ Keynote/Preszi and One page summary
• Relevant pictures, maps
• Appropriate length of wording (not to long)
• Use of appropriate colors, readable font, font size
• At least 4 citations