Imperialism Viewpoints Discussion

Guide
Discussion leader:
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Asks the questions to the group.
Encourager:

Period:
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Encourages all members to participate and elaborate their ideas
Summarizer: _______________________________________________________________
Helps summarize the groups main ideas to help the recorder
Recorder: __________________________________________________________________
Records or writes the groups ideas down on the group paper
Groups Responses:
Imperialism: A German Viewpoint
According to the document..
1. How did the Industrial Revolution encourage imperialism?

2. How does the economy benefit from colonies?

3. What are the military benefits of having colonies?

4. Britain and France had many colonies, why should the Germans try to get
some?

5. What is the relationship between Imperialism and Nationalism (national

pride)?

Imperialism: A French Perspective

According to the document
1. Who is the author speaking about? How does he describe them?

2. What does the author say is the responsibility of civilized people like him?

3. What kinds of people might be inspired by what the author wrote?

The Predominance of the Anglo-Saxon Race

Anglo- Saxon in this case means

a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native

tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture

1. Who is Josiah Strong referring to when he says the Anglo-Saxon race?

2. How would Europeans and Westerners feel after reading this?

3. Why did Josiah Strong write this?