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    1) Several key events paved the way for Western arrival in Asia, including the Crusades, Marco Polo's travels, the search for new trade routes, the Age of Exploration, and the rise of mercantilism. 2) Western colonialism and imperialism in Asia was driven by reasons like industrialization, capitalism, and the notion of the "White Man's Burden." 3) Colonialism involved acquiring political control over other countries, often through occupation and economic exploitation, while imperialism referred to extending a country's influence through military force and empire-building.

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    1) Several key events paved the way for Western arrival in Asia, including the Crusades, Marco Polo's travels, the search for new trade routes, the Age of Exploration, and the rise of mercantilism. 2) Western colonialism and imperialism in Asia was driven by reasons like industrialization, capitalism, and the notion of the "White Man's Burden." 3) Colonialism involved acquiring political control over other countries, often through occupation and economic exploitation, while imperialism referred to extending a country's influence through military force and empire-building.

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    1) Several key events paved the way for Western arrival in Asia, including the Crusades, Marco Polo's travels, the search for new trade routes, the Age of Exploration, and the rise of mercantilism. 2) Western colonialism and imperialism in Asia was driven by reasons like industrialization, capitalism, and the notion of the "White Man's Burden." 3) Colonialism involved acquiring political control over other countries, often through occupation and economic exploitation, while imperialism referred to extending a country's influence through military force and empire-building.

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    1) Several key events paved the way for Western arrival in Asia, including the Crusades, Marco Polo's travels, the search for new trade routes, the Age of Exploration, and the rise of mercantilism. 2) Western colonialism and imperialism in Asia was driven by reasons like industrialization, capitalism, and the notion of the "White Man's Burden." 3) Colonialism involved acquiring political control over other countries, often through occupation and economic exploitation, while imperialism referred to extending a country's influence through military force and empire-building.

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    Third Grading

    Colonialism and Imperialism in Asia


    Reasons for and Methods
    of Western Colonialism
    and Imperialism in Asia
    Colonialism Imperialism
    • Policy or practice of • Policy of extending a
    acquiring full or partial country’s power and
    political control over influence through
    another country. colonization, and use of
    • Occupies with settlers and military force.
    exploiting it economically. • Creating an empire –
    • One nation conquers and expanding into other
    rules over other regions. countries and exercising
    power.
    Events that Paved the
    Way for the Westerners’
    Arrival in Asia
     Launching of Crusades
     Travels of Marco Polo
     Search for a New Trade Route
     Age of Exploration & Discovery
     Mercantilism
    Crusades
     Latin word “crux” – cross
     Launch from 1906 to 1273.
     Pilgrimage and series of holy
    wars for Christians.
     Main goal was to gain control of
    Christian holy places within and
    nearby city of Jerusalem.
     Cavaliers travelled throughout
    Asia – Saw wealth and beauty
    of Asia.
    Travels of
    Marco Polo
     Marco Polo was a Venetian
    explorer, arguably the world’s
    most well-traveled explorer
     He was commissioned by Kublai
    Khan to travel through his
    empire and survey the people
    and their traditions, the flora
    and fauna, and the geography
    of the land.
    Search for a New
    Trade Route
     Trade relation has been
    evident between Europe and
    Asia.
     Asian products such as spices,
    silk , and precious stones and
    minerals like gold, diamonds,
    and rubies became popular in
    Europe, so as salt.
    Age of Exploration
    and Discovery
     have begun in 1450 and ended in
    1650
     the time when Europeans started
    travelling to discover new lands
    and new trade routes
     Occupying the places they have
    reached, and thus take advantage
    of the countries’ natural resources
    Mercantilism
     Emerged as a gauge by which
    a country’s progress was
    measured
     Measure of a country’s wealth
    was the total amount of gold
    and silver it possessed.
     European countries amassed
    gold and silver by exporting
    more products than they were
    importing.
    Reasons for
    Colonialism and
    Imperialism
     Industrialization
     Capitalism

     White Man’s Burden


    Industrialization
     Process by which an economy is
    transformed from primarily
    agricultural to one based on the
    manufacturing of goods.
     Individual manual labor is often
    replaced by mechanized mass
    production, and craftsmen are
    replaced by assembly lines.
     Includes economic growth, more
    efficient division of labor, and the
    use of technological innovation.
    Capitalism
     An economic and political system in
    which a country's trade and
    industry are controlled by private
    owners for profit, rather than by
    the state.
     It was important for the
    Westerners to maintain their
    colonies in Asia since it was
    considered as an important source
    of profit and resources.
    White Man’s
    Burden
     British novelist and poet Rudyard
    Kipling wrote a poem entitled
    “The White Man’s Burden: The
    United States and The Philippine
    Islands.”
     In this poem, Kipling urged the
    U.S. to take up the “burden” of
    empire, as had Britain and other
    European nations.

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