Nations Compete for Overseas Empires [page 569]

•	Britain’s lead challenged

•	Imperialism creates rivalries

•	Europe believes it is superior

•	Imperialism has mass appeal

Imperialists divide Africa [page 571]

•	Europeans divide Africa

•	Europeans compete for colonies

•	Conquest takes many forms

•	Africa becomes a continent of colonies

colonial rule

economic development

•	South Africa supplied great wealth

The British dominate South Asia [page 577]

•	British expand control over India

East India Company

Great Rebellion

India after 1857

Indian nationalism
•	Britain projytected the Raj

Imperialism Threatened China [page 580]

•	Europeans forced treaties on China

•	Revolt weakens southern China

•	Foreign influences expanded

•	Nationalism grows in China

Japan builds a modern state [page 584]

•	Americans end Japanese isolation

•	Industrialization transforms Japan

Japanese imperialism

Imperialism reaches the Western Hemisphere [page 586]

•	Outsiders dominate Latin America

•	Spain and US fight a war

•	US builds a canal

•	Interest in Pacific islands grows