The need for raw materials for factories and increase food supplies for a growing population in urban centers led to a growth of export economies around the world that specialized in commercial extraction of natural resources & the production of food & industrial crops.
KC. 5.2.III
A range of cultural, religious, & racial ideologies were used to justify imperialism, including Social Darwinism, nationalism, the concept of the civilizing mission, & the desire to religiously convert indigenous populations
KC. 5.2.I.A
Some states with existing colonies strengthened their control over those colonies & in some cases assumed direct control over colonies previously held by non-state entities.
KC. 5.2.I.B
European states (Japan and US) acquired territories throughout Asia
KC. 5.2.I.C
Many European states used both warfare & diplomacy to expand their empires in Africa
KC. 5.2..II.C
Anti-imperial resistance took various forms, including direct resistance within empires & the creation of new states on the peripheries
KC. 5.3.III.E
Increasing discontent with imperial rule led to rebellions, some of which were influenced by religious ideas
KC. 5.3.III.D
Europeans established settler colonies in some parts of their empires -> Australia, New Zealand
KC. 5.2.II.B
The United States expanded their land holdings by conquering & settling neighboring territories
Japan expanded their land holdings by conquering & settling neighboring territories
Russia expanded their land holdings by conquering & settling neighboring territories
