Simulation Questions

1) Two accuracies were that the largest countries gained the most land, and that the smaller, weaker countries did not claim much land. This was similar to real imperialism, because the larger countries were more powerful, and therefore they could claim and keep control of new land, while smaller countries were weaker, and could not claim and control much new land.

2) My group only had seven members, so even though we found tons of colonies, only once did we have enough members to actually claim the colony.

3) We were small, so we just stayed together, which is similar to smaller colonies who did not separate from each other.

4) We briefly would pass other colonies, and they always made fun of us because we were so small and we lost, which is similar to real imperialism, where the smaller countries were looked down upon.

5) Overall, I liked the simulation, for it was a fun way of looking at and learning about imperialism. I learned first hand the struggles of having a smaller country, which is what happened in real life.

6) A. Tell students before they choose groups that being in a smaller group automatically means losing.

B. Instead of claiming colonies simply through numbers, we should have to complete a mini task

C. Make more colonies so the simulation last longer.

Motives For British Imperialism

1) Slavery began to decline in the 1800's because the British realized that it wasn't economically beneficial to them, although they could care less about the moral aspects of the situation. Because of the abolition of slavery, British didn't have to worry about taking or bring slaves from colonized lands, therefore, they could focus entirely on free trade.

2) He said that religion was not an aspect of imperialism, although I disagree, for changing or trying to change ones values and beliefs can strongly affect natives and colonists, and therefore it was a large aspect of imperialism.

3) Halstead believed that trade contributed to imperialism, while Cobden believed that the source of imperialism was the free market. Halstead's theory resembles the mercantilism in many ways.

4) Halstead said that the final motives for imperialism were colonization, competition for free markets and settlements.

The White Man's Burden

1) Kipling is saying that Imperialism is the white man's burden, for the Europeans considered it their responsibility to help civilize the natives of different lands.

2) To justify imperialism, Kipling says that they are helping the natives, and benefiting their societies.

3) It is appealing, because it makes imperialism seem more noble, instead of simply stating that is a way to make countries more powerful.

4) Religion helped spread Imperialism, because one of the justifications was that they were spreading Christianity to all of the natives.