UNIT SEVEN: IMPERIALISM
Unit 7: Imperialism (Chapter25)
Terms: Define the following as they pertain to the historical topic at hand.
Term
Define
Importance (why is this
significant?)
New Imperialism
Protectorate
Sphere of Influence
Partition
Not necessary do not answer
Missionaries
Berlin Conference
Pashas
Suez Canal
Sepoy Rebellions
Viceroy
Opium War
Not necessary do not answer
Extraterritoriality
Taiping Rebellion
Hundred Days of Reform
Boxer Rebellion
“Three Principles of the
People”
People: Identify the following individuals
Individual(s)
Location
Significance/ importance to history
David Livingstone
King Leopold II
Young Turks
Muhammad Ali
Empress Ci Xi
Sun Yixian
Map Activity: Place the kingdoms/places listed below on the map. Create a color key to demonstrate
the coordination.
Ethiopia
Liberia
Iran
Egypt
India
China
Charts: Complete the chart using information from class as well as your textbook.
A) Causes of New Imperialism
Social Causes
Political Causes
Economic Causes
Primary Sources: Use the documents to answer the following questions. Use complete sentences.
Source: Resolution of the All-African People’s Conference, held in Accra, Ghana in 1958
“Whereas all African peoples . . . deplore the economic exploitation of African people by Imperialist
Countries, thus reducing Africans to poverty in the midst of plenty . . . Whereas fundamental human
rights, freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of movement, freedom of worship, freedom
to live a full and abundant life . . . are denied to Africans through the activities of Imperialists.”
1)
What is the All-African People’s Conference condemning about Imperialism?
2) How might Europeans highlight positives of Imperialism in response to this?
Source: Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith (1877)
“I contend that we are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is
for the human race…. It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should
keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon
race, more of the best, the most human, most honourable race the world possesses.”
1)
How does Cecil Rhodes justify European expansion?
Summary Questions: Answer the following questions in 3+ full sentences
1)
Why did European powers expand in the first place?
2) Choose two regions that were affected by Imperialism and compare AND contrast their
experiences. Choices include Africa, the Middle East, Asia (China and India), and Europe.
3) What are the positives and negatives of Imperialism? Which outweighs the other and why?