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Imperialism and the First World War - Coggle Diagram
Imperialism and the First World War
Economic causes
Colonies were new territories
to invest
More markets
Cheap workforce
Cheap and raw materials
Political causes
lost prestigue
More territories better reputation
Causes that allowed Imperialism
Demographic causes
europe population grew
so people left
their homes in order
to have a job
Scientific causes
colonialism inspired wanting to know
about the world
Ideological and cultural causes
European people discriminate
black people
because of their racial
they based in
pseudo-Darwinist ideas
considering them more apt,
Consequences of Imperialism
Social consequences
racial segregation was
the most important consequences:
indigenous population were considered
as second class citizens
Economic consequenced
explotation of natural resources
altered landscapes
Geographic consequences
changes in maps
which created conflicts
between countries
Political consequences
those people were never
to have a democratic system
Demographic consequences
population increased thanks
to medical improvements
Cultural consequences
colonies suffered a process
of acculturation
they lost their
Language
Religion
Culture
Traditions
Consequences of the war
Around 20 million of
people died but some
sources says that
more than 50 millions
people died
Europe lost their
economic power and
USA became the
world's leading economic power.
A new map was created
four empires disappeared
German Empire
they suffer huge penalties
payment of huge economic reparations
reduction of its territories:
prohibition of heavy artillery
demilitarisation in some regions
division of its eastern territories
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Women started fighting
aginst their rights
to vote/work
Economy focused in
Industrial production
such as
weapons, equipment etc
Phases of the war
Initial German offensives
Germany used the Schlieffen Plan
first attact Belgium
then France
but it failed
Trench warfare
They build the trenches
a building in which
they could defend or attack
the enemy
Incorporation and withdrawl of allies
Russia left the war
because of a
political and social revolution
that happened in
their countries
USA join the allies
because of the attacks
of the Germans submarines
The end of the war
The allies finally
defeated the Central Powers
and in 1918
Wilhelm II abdicated