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HISTORY TEST: IMPERIALISM
Helpful Hints: The test will take the
form of multiple choice, true/false,
matching, and time occurrences. In order to study for this test I would
recommend looking over your unit intro/schedule, class notes, worksheets, videoguides, outside readings, and your textbook Chapter 10
Section 2, Chapter 11 Sections 1-4, Chapter 12 Sections 1-2, 2.) All of these
materials will help you study for the test. In addition, I have provided a list
of key terms and questions. Knowing the significance of these terms and
questions will help you prepare for the test. Good luck!
Define imperialism
What was New Imperialism?
How did the British and French administer their colonies?
(Direct Rule vs. Indirect Rule)
What were the causes of New Imperialism?
Why were the Europeans in Africa?
Be able to define 5 motives for rushing to create colonial empires
(hint: look at your chart for Analyzing Imperial Motives)
What two African countries remained independent of European
control in 1914?
Menelik II
What was African society like when New Imperialism began?
Berlin Conference 1884-1885
What caused low food supplies in Africa during European
colonization?
David Livingstone
Cecil Rhodes
Rudyard Kipling
Henry Stanley
Mary Kingsley (from Travels in West Africa reading)
Gladstone
Disreali
Queen Victoria/Prince Albert
Boer War
Apartheid
South Africa
Commonwealth
dominion
White man's burden
Nigeria
Crimean War
Suez Canal
Raj
Sepoys
Why Has India called the "Jewel in the Crown"?
Ram Mohan Roy
Why did Britain take
control of
the Suez Canal?
Why
did India under British
rule not develop industry?
When
and why did
the British
government assume
control of India?
As resentment of
British rule
in India grew what
sort of
things began
to happen?
What
was the immediate cause of
the Sepoy Rebellion?
Result?
Gandhi
Muslim League
Indian
National Congress
When
does India gain
its independence?
What were the terms of their independence?
Who is India's first
prime minister?
Matthew Perry
How
did Japan and China respond
to European imperialism?
Who did the Japanese pattern their army
and navy after?
What
American system
did the Japanese adopt
during the Meiji era?
Who was Lin Zexu & what did he do to
try to stop the
opium trade?
What products
did the
Chinese possess
that the United
States wanted desperately?
What
were the Tokugawa and Meiji eras? What did they have in
common/difference?
Treaty
of Nanking or Nanjing
extraterritorial rights
First Opium War
Open Door Policy
spheres of influence
Boxer
Rebellion
Sino-Japanese
War
Russo-Japanese War
General Charles Gordon
Edmund Morel (Heart of Darkness Reading)
Mister Johnson/ Judge Harry Rubek
Ghandi
Great Salt March
Spinning Wheel
Nehru
National Congress
Muslim League
Meiji Rule