Read
pages 552-558
1. Define or identify: gold standard, genocide,
imperialism
2. What improvements in transportation and
communication led to the creation of a world market?
3. How did Western governments encourage the
expansion of international trade?
4. Why did the Industrial revolution cause many
Europeans to leave their homelands? What other peoples migrated during
the late 1800's?
5. What were the three main economic motives of
European imperialists? What other factors prompted the spread of
imperialism?
6. Critical Thinking: How might people in
non-Western countries have reacted to European imperialists? Explain
your answer.