CP MODERN WORLD HISTORY 10
Name ______________________________
Review Sheet for Test on Imperialism:
Chapters 11 & 12
PEOPLE
David Livingstone
Cecil Rhodes
Muhammad Ali
Sanford B. Dole
Henry Stanley
Shaka/Zulus
Emperor Mutsuhito
Emilio Aguinaldo
TERMS
imperialism
Congo/Belgian Congo
cash crops
The White Man’s Burden
East India Co.
“Jewel in the Crown”
Ottoman Empire
Suez Canal
concession
Opium War
extraterritoriality rights spheres of influence
French Indochina
Siam (Thailand)
Commonwealth
Aborigines
Leopold II
Boers (Afrikaners)
Teddy Roosevelt
Queen Victoria
Rudyard Kipling
Menelik II
Queen Liliuokalani
Social Darwinism
Berlin Conference
paternalism
assimilation
Raj
Sepoys & Sepoy Mutiny
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Treaty of Nanjing
Hong Kong
Open Door Policy
Boxers & Boxer Rebellion
Roosevelt Corollary Panama Canal
Maoris
Irish Potato Famine
KNOW / UNDERSTAND / BE ABLE TO …
Dates – Age of Imperialism, When did most African countries gain their independence?,
Years Opium War was fought
What nation had the largest imperial empire?
Why was Africa called “The Dark Continent?” What was it like before imperialism?
Causes of imperialism; Why did the Europeans want to create empire?
What role did industrialization play in imperialism?
Effects (positive & negative) of imperialism
Direct control versus indirect control  characteristics & who used them?
What was significant about Liberia & Ethiopia during the age of imperialism?
What natural resources did the Europeans take from their colonies?
Wars [Who fought? Who won? Result(s)?]: Boer War, Crimean War, Opium War,
Russo-Japanese War, Spanish-American War (& what territories did the US gain?)
Why were the Indian National Congress & Muslim League founded in India?
What was Egypt like as a British Protectorate?
What were China & Japan like before imperialism?
How did imperialism affect China & Japan differently?
How did the Japanese modernize during the Meiji Era?
How did Japan become an imperial power?
Relationship between the UK & its former colonies of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & Ireland
MAPS:
 Africa: know the information on the map of Africa that you did for homework using
page 343  areas colonized by British, French, Italians, Belgians & items you labeled
 World: Panama Canal, Suez Canal, India, China, Japan, French Indochina, Philippines,
Cuba, Puerto Rico, & general location of British Empire
Cause or Effect of Imperialism
1. Social Darwinism
2. nationalism & military rivalries
3. breakdown of traditional cultures
4. increased literacy among native populations
5. railroads & hospitals built
6. increased planting of cash crops
7. desire to spread Christianity
8. technological advances like machine guns, steamboats, & quinine (to treat malaria)
9. increased demand for raw materials
10. Because the Europeans could!!!!!
Who was it?
11. American President who made sure the Panama Canal was dug & declared that the
US would be an “international police power” in the Western Hemisphere
12. British monarch at the height of the UK’s power (during the Age of Imperialism)
13. Belgium King who ruled the Belgian Congo so horribly & brutally that it was taken
away from him (hint: hand chopping)
14. American/British explorer who found Dr. Livingstone, worked for #13, & found the
source of the Congo River
15. Egyptian leader who broke away from the Ottoman Empire, modernized, &
founded the modern Egyptian monarchy
16. author of the poem The White Man’s Burden
Name that term!
17. meeting held by Europeans to carve up Africa among themselves (as if it was theirs
for the taking; no Africans invited)
18. city that China was forced to give to the UK in the Opium War
19. connected Red Sea & Mediterranean Sea; built by France
20. nickname for Britain’s most valuable colony of India
Too Many Wars …. Who (what country) won the following wars?
21. Boer War
22. Spanish-American War
23. Opium War
24. Crimean War
25. Russo-Japanese War