Name _________________________ Per ______
Imperialism Note Packet (Kirby: World History-CHS)
(To be done with pages 339-365 in “Modern World History:
Patterns of Interaction”)
1) _______________________ stirred ambitions in many European nations. Industrialized
nations wanted more resources to ________________________________________________
and they competed for ______________________________ for their goods.
2) As a result, colonial powers seized vast areas of _______________________ during the 19th
and early 20th centuries.
3) Define Imperialism - _________________________________________________________
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4) What was Africa like prior to European domination of the continent?
5) Why were Europeans unable to conquer Africa prior to the mid-1800s?
6) Besides the search for new markets and raw materials, the race for colonies also grew out of
a strong sense of ________________________________.
7) Explain what Social Darwinism was and how it led to Imperialism.
8) Explain four factors that allowed Europeans to gain control and imperialize Africa:
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9) What was decided at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
10) What were many Europeans wrong about when it came to the colonies?
11) The major source of great wealth in Africa proved to be the continent’s
_______________________________________________.
12) European businesses eventually developed cash-crop plantations to grow
_______________, _________________, _________________, and ______________. These
products ____________________ the food crops grown by farmers to feed their families.
13) Write a summary that explains the colonization of South Africa including the Zulus, the
Boers and the British:
14) In carving up the continent, the Europeans paid little or no attention to
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15) How was the new imperialism of the 18th and 19th centuries different from the earlier
explorations of the 15th and 16th centuries?
16) Write a definition of each of the following forms of government
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Colony -
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Protectorate -
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Sphere of Influence -
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Economic Imperialism -
17) List at least five negative effects of colonization:
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18) List at least three positive effects of colonization:
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Europeans Claim Muslim Lands
19) Which powerful empire controlled much of the Muslim world prior to 1914?
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20) Explain how the idea of geopolitics shaped European desires for these lands.
21) What was the cause and the outcome of the Crimean War?
22) Observing the slow decline of the Ottoman Empire, some Muslim leaders decided that their
countries ____________________________________________________________________.
____________________ initiated ____________________ and ___________________
reforms, in part to block European domination of its land.
23) Explain the reforms that Muhammed Ali began in Egypt.
24) Which powerful company controlled much of India during the colonial period? Why did they
control so much?
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25) Explain how the British were able to prevent the Indian economy from operating on its own?
26) Explain the positives of negatives of the British colonialism of India (One Pararagraph for
each category):
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