The Age of Imperialism

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Across
  1. 3. Asian island chain; stepping stone to China
  2. 7. Stronger nations controlling weaker ones.
  3. 10. Natural resource found in Cuba.
  4. 13. Belgian king who took the Congo for himself.
  5. 14. Motive for imperialism that changed cultures.
  6. 15. A group of territories controlled by one nation.
  7. 17. People from the Netherlands. Colonized S. Africa.
  8. 19. Caribbean island territory of the U.S.
  9. 21. American battleship which exploded in Havana.
  10. 23. Once powerful empire that lost land to US in 1898
  11. 24. European nation that used the Congo for rubber.
Down
  1. 1. Motive for imperialism that focused on trade.
  2. 2. American expansion was God's will.
  3. 4. Motive for imperialism that pushed democracy.
  4. 5. Continent first colonized in the late 1800s.
  5. 6. Gaining a new territory, sometimes by force.
  6. 8. Former Asst. Sec. of Navy who invaded Cuba.
  7. 9. Filipino rebel leader who fought the U.S.
  8. 11. Natural resource found along Africa's west coast.
  9. 12. Natural resource harvested in the Congo.
  10. 16. Spanish colony in Caribbean valued for its sugar.
  11. 18. Belgian colony in Africa valued for rubber sap.
  12. 20. A single territory controlled by another country.
  13. 22. Stopping point for Dutch traders with Asia