Background of the Time Period, Imperialism, and the Scramble for Africa By the mid most of the European countries had
This means that
they had gone through the
_. Industrialized nations had cities, factories,
and advanced
At the same time, many Europeans started to believe that they were better than other nations
because they had
that the rest of the world didn't. This feeling of strength led
European nations to believe that because they
take over other parts of the
world, they should. This idea is called
Social Darwinism is based on
scientist Charles Darwin's idea "survival of the fittest," which means that only the
will survive. Europeans used this idea of Social Darwinism to justify or defend
their taking over other nations by
The need for
and the idea of
led to the
Scramble for Africa. Many European countries took over lots of land in Africa. When one
country takes over another country by force, it is called