Imperialism+Project


 * Imperialism Project: 100pts**

Essential Question: What were the positive and negative effects of Imperialism in developing countries in the age of Imperialism (late 1800s) and today (modern era).

Your job will be to research a country in Asia or Africa once these are assigned; you will answer the following questions.

1. What was the state of the country before the age of imperialism? (different countries were colonized at different times, so there are different years) 2. What are the natural resources, geography, climate, languages, religion, life expectancy, literacy rate, HIV infection rate, and gross domestic product (all today). 3. Identify which western country (or countries) colonized this area during the age of imperialism. 4. What did the western country/countries do there? What resources did they want, what infrastructure was created (roads, rxr, electricity, etc), list of positive and negative effects. 5. When and how was independence gained? Was there conflict, how was it resolved? 6. What happened after independence? Who came into power, how? 7. Identify which western countries or international companies are using the resources of this country to make a profit today, are they the same countries as during imperialism? 8. What issues/problems are present in the country today? 9. At least 7 appropriate (non-clip-art) visuals are required, current or historical images, maps, google maps, etc. are strongly suggested.

This information will be presented in a minimum 5 minute presentations with an explanation of the data you gathered to answer questions 1-8. Using sundrynotes you will create pages that answer each question. Titles for your pages should not be the above questions, but should be titles that you created. The start of your project, the first page should have any different names the country has had and a map showing where it is. The very last slide of your ppt will be a bibliography of resources that were used in your research.

Syria Rhodesia Burma Hong Kong Formosa Italian Somaliland Dutch East Indies Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Belgian Congo Laos Cameroon Korea Ceylon Malay States