NAME:______________________________________________ PERIOD:____________ DATE:_______________

 

STUDYGUIDE FOR WORLD 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 controof the Suez Canal?

Why did India under British rule not develop industry?

When anwhy did the British government assume controof India?

As resentment of British rule in Indigrewhat sort of things began to happen?

What wathe immediate causof the Sepoy Rebellion? Result?

Gandhi

MusliLeague

Indian National Congress

When does Indigain itindependence
Wh
at were the terms of their independence
Who is Ind
ia'first prime minister
Ma
tthew Perry

How did Japan and China respond to European imperialism? 
Who did the J
apanese pattertheir 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 tstop the opium trade?

Whaproducts dithe 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 oNanjing 
extr
aterritorial right
F
irst OpiuWar

OpeDoor Policy

spheres oinfluence

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