Name: ___________________
Block: ________________
The Rise of European Imperialism
1. List three reasons industrialization served as a catalyst to Imperialism:
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b. ________________________________________________________________________
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2. How did the nature of European expansion change with Industrialization?
a. ________________________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________________________
3. Describe the structure and power of the great trading companies of Europe.
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4. List the three major trading companies of Europe during the modern period.
a. ____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________
5. Based on the map of India’s land based empires, which two European powers are struggling to control the
Indian sub-continent?
a. ___________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________
6. How was the Dutch approach to Java similar to the plans laid out by the Portuguese prince, Henry the
Navigator?
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7. In what ways did European culture intermix with the cultures of the colonial peoples?
a. ____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________
8. By the 1770’s what types of reforms had Britain made in its Indian colony? \
a. ____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________
9. French colonialism followed a method called “Indirect Rule”, what methods did the French use to rule their
Asian (Indochina) colonies?
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10. What kinds of goods were the French plantations providing and exporting?
a. _______________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________
d. _______________________________________________________
11. In what ways did the local Indians help the British to conquer India?
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12. Why did the British government take over control of India from the British East Idea company?
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13. How did the British government help the caste system maintain its place in Indian society after the reforms of
1885?
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14. When did the Indian people first start to rebel against the British Empire? _________________
15. In what ways did the British attempt to make Indians less “Indian” and more European?
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________________
16. What changes did the British make to the Indian infrastructure to help in the colonial extraction of goods from
India to the rest of the British Empire?
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17. By 1914 how many regions of India were still under the indirect rule of Indian princes? _______
18. What advantages did imperialism and colonization give to competing European powers?
a. ____________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________
19. Describe the map of Africa prior to 1830.
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20. Describe the map of Africa by 1913.
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Name the three regions outside of European control by 1913.
a. ____________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________
Did the French use direct or indirect colonial rule in West Africa? _________________________
In what ways did the West Africans resist the French colonial authorities?
a. _____________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________
c. _____________________________________________________
d. _____________________________________________________
What was the dominant religion is West Africa? _______________________________________
How were Europeans finally able to live in Africa? ______________________________________
List the countries controlled by the French in West Africa.
a. _________________________________________
b. _________________________________________
c. _________________________________________
d. _________________________________________
e. _________________________________________
Describe the government structure in British Nigeria. Is this an example of direct or indirect rule?
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What kinds of commodities did Europe want from West Africa and Nigeria?
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What is the relationship between slavery and changing treatments of women in Nigeria?
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30. How did the Arabs and Asians resist colonialism?
a. _________________________________
b. _________________________________
c. _________________________________
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Within tropical dependencies how did the Europeans maintain control of the local populations?
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How did the education of Africans differ from the education provided to colonies in other parts of the world?
What was the result of this difference?
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How did race relationships between Europeans and conquered peoples change after 1850?
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What factors contributed to these changes in views towards race?
a. ________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________
d. ________________________________________________
What were some means of coercion used to increase production in the colonies?
a. ________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________
What role did missionaries play in colonialism?
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Which region of Africa seems to have avoided all Christian missionaries?
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In which portion of Africa were indigenous African religions the strongest?
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What caused the conflict between the Boers and the Mfecane in South Africa?
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Describe the race relations in British South Africa.
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42. What were the reasons for the Great Trek of the Dutch Boers in South Africa?
a. _________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________
c. _________________________________________________________
d. _________________________________________________________
e. _________________________________________________________
f. _________________________________________________________
43. Why did Australia ask for convicted criminals to be sent to its’ colony?
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44. What colonies did the United States win in the war of 1898?
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45. List all of the European cultures that settled in New Zealand.
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