New Title Page (new
right page):
Capitalism, Socialism
and the Spread of
Imperialism
OA #1 (new left page)
If you own a business or when
you have a job, who should
decide what to do with the
business and who should
decide what do with the
money?
Agree or Disagree
Property and the means
of production (factories)
should be owned by
businesses and
individuals
Agree or Disagree
•When individuals
follow their own self
interest, progress will
result.
Agree or Disagree
•The government must
act to protect workers
since employers often
take advantage of them.
Agree or Disagree
• The government should
own property and the
means of production
Agree or Disagree
• The government should
not interfere in the
economy because the rules
of the market-place (world
of business) benefit
everyone.
Agree or Disagree
•Good’s should be
distributed
according to each
person’s needs
Agree or Disagree
•Competition
among businesses
is good.
Agree or Disagree
•Progress results when
producers of goods
cooperate for the
benefit of all.
OA #2 (new left page)
• If you were starting your
own country, what type of
government would you
prefer, a capitalistic
government or a socialistic
government? Explain why.
OA #3 (under OA #2)
What are some of the
positives of Capitalism?
What are some of the
positives of Socialism?
OA #4 (new left page)
How does a
country become
an empire?
The Age of Imperialism
• Imperialism =
a policy of
conquering and
ruling other
lands
• In the mid-1800s, Britain was the
most powerful nation in the world.
• By the late 1800s, however,
Germany and the United States
were challenging Britain’s
economic leadership.
• Faced with possible decline, Britain
looked increasingly to its colonies
for markets and resources.
• Nations competed for overseas empires.
Imperialism fostered rivalries.
– The French and Dutch expanded their empires
– Spain and Portugal attempted to build their
empire in Africa
– Russia expanded into central Asia and Siberia
• Countries without colonies wanted to acquire
colonies (Belgium, Italy, Germany)
• The United States and Japan, also
became involved in overseas
expansion during this period.
• Increasingly, Europeans viewed an
empire as a measure of national
stature.
• Thus, the race for colonies grew out
of a strong sense of national pride as
well as from economic competition.
OA #5 (Under OA #4)
What is the
relationship between
imperialism and
nationalism?
OA #6 (new left page)
What is the
definition of a
imperialism?
Imperialism
•Imperialism is
______________?
Imperialism
• Imperialism is the domination by one
country of the political, economic,
and/or economic life of another country
• There are 3 forms of imperial rule:
1. Colonies
2. Protectorates
3. Sphere of Influence
• Colonies
–an area under the complete control of
another country and settlers from the
mother country come to the colony to
live.
–Two types of colonies: direct control
and indirect control
• Direct Control  sending officials
and soldiers from home country to
control their colonies (France)
• Indirect Control  Using local rulers
to govern their colonies (USA)
• Protectorate
– a country that is independent (sovereign), but
under the protection of another country.
– Cost little to run and didn’t require large military
forces
• Spheres of Influence
– a region where one country dominates trade with
that area (the area does not officially belong to
another country)