Primary Source Document Analysis Questions
Strand: Geography and Environmental Literacy
N C Essential Standards for Social Studies: G.1.1-2, H.1.1-3, H.2.2, C&G.1, C.1. Common Core Reference: RH.7.1, 2,6,7,8 WHST.7.9
Directions:
1. Read the two provided passage excerpts and answer the following questions. All responses must include detailed
evidence from the text.
2. As you use each document highlight any terminology that is unfamiliar to you or terminology for which you need to have
more explanation or content examples from the teacher.
Using the PERSIA graphic organizer in a lesson within a unit of instruction
The impact of European Imperialism: Africa, Asia and the Americas
Political Influences
Economic
Influences
Religious Influences
Social Influences
Intellectual
Influences
Area/Geographic Influences
1. Based on your reading of each passage, describe
the environmental characteristics of the Congo
in each passage. Click here to enter text.
2. Based on your reading of the two passages, what
assumptions can be made regarding the Congo’s
physical geography? Click here to enter text.
3. Based on your reading of the two passages, what
assumptions can be made regarding the Congo’s
human geography? Click here to enter text.
4. What assumptions could be made about
demographic trends based on the events in
these passages? Click here to enter text.
5. Based on the information in these passages, how
could changes in the environment and
population lead to conflict? Click here to enter
text.
6. What conclusions can be drawn about the
relationship between the environment and
imperialistic activity? Click here to enter text.
7. Based on your reading, what aspects of these
passages would the geographer value the most?
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Political Cartoon Analysis Questions
Strand: Geography and Environmental Literacy
N C Essential Standards for Social Studies: G.1.1-2, H.1.1-3, H.2.2, C&G.1, C.1., G.1.1-2 Common Core Reference: RH.7.1, 2,6,7,8 WHST.7.9
Directions:
1. Examine the three political cartoons provided and answer the following questions. All responses must include
detailed evidence from the political cartoons.
2. As you use each document highlight any terminology that is unfamiliar to you or terminology for which you need to have
more explanation or content examples from the teacher.
Using the PERSIA graphic organizer in a lesson within a unit of instruction
The impact of European Imperialism: Africa, Asia and the Americas
Political
Influences
Economic
Influences
Religious Influences
Social
Influences
Intellectual
Influences
Area/Geographic Influences
Using Political Cartoon #1:
1. Looking at the cartoon, what conclusions could the
geographer draw about the spatial extent of the
British Empire? Click here to enter text.
2. Based on your conclusions in #1, what obstacles does
geography pose to the maintenance of the British
Empire? Click here to enter text.
Using Political Cartoon #2:
3. Based on your interpretation of the cartoon, what
predictions could the geographer make about the
political boundaries of China? Click here to enter text.
4. Looking at the cartoon, what conclusions could the
geographer draw about the physical feature of China
that made it the most attractive to other nations?
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Using Political Cartoon #3
5. In what ways does the cartoonist use human physical
geography to portray “The White Man’s Burden?”
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6. What predictions can be made about the potential
demographic changes suggested by this cartoon?
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Using all three cartoons
7. Assess the value that the geographer would place on
these cartoons in terms of understanding GLOBAL
INTERACTIONS and IMPERIALISM. Click here to
enter text.
“White Man’s Burden” Analysis Questions
Strand: Geography and Environmental Literacy
N C Essential Standards for Social Studies: G.1.1-2, H.1.1-3, H.2.2, C&G.1, C.1. Common Core Reference: RH.7.1, 2,6,7,8 WHST.7.9
Directions:
1. Read the poem. Then, listen to the recorded version of the poem on the site provided and
answer the following questions. All responses must include detailed evidence from the text.
2.
As you use each document highlight any terminology that is unfamiliar to you or terminology for which you need to
have more explanation or content examples from the teacher.
http://archive.org/details/ReadingOfRudyardKiplingTheWhiteMansBurden
Using the PERSIA graphic organizer in a lesson within a unit of instruction
The impact of European Imperialism: Africa, Asia and the Americas
Political
Influences
Economic
Influences
Religious Influences
Social Influences
Intellectual
Influences
Area/Geographic Influences
1. What evidence does the author use to describe the
environment in the imperialized subordinate nation?
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2. Through the statements made in this poem, what
assumptions can be made about potential challenges,
to the dominant nation, posed by the environment
and physical geography? Click here to enter text.
3. How does the human geography imagery in this
poem influence the interactions between imperially
dominant and imperialized subordinate nations?
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4. What assumptions could be made about
demographic trends based on the imagery in this
poem? Click here to enter text.
5. Based on the information in this poem, what
conclusions can be drawn about the relationship
between the human environment and imperialistic
activity? Click here to enter text.
6. From a geographic perspective, what can be inferred
about GLOBAL INTERACTION and IMPERIALISM
from this poem? Click here to enter text.
Primary Source Image Analysis Questions
Strand: Geography and Environmental Literacy
N C Essential Standards for Social Studies: G.1.1-2, H.1.1-3, H.2.2, C&G.1, C.1. Common Core Reference: RH.7.1, 2,6,7,8 WHST.7.9
Directions:
1.
2.
Examine the three primary source images provided and answer the following questions. All responses must include
detailed evidence from the images.
As you use each document highlight any terminology that is unfamiliar to you or terminology for which you need to have
more explanation or content examples from the teacher.
Using the PERSIA graphic organizer in a lesson within a unit of instruction
The impact of European Imperialism: Africa, Asia and the Americas
Political
Influences
Economic
Influences
Religious Influences
Social Influences
Intellectual
Influences
Area/Geographic Influences
1. Identify the environmental characteristics of British
controlled India in each image.
I1: Click here to enter text.
I 2: Click here to enter text.
I 3: Click here to enter text.
2. How does the physical geography in these images
influence the interactions between Great Britain and
India? Click here to enter text.
3. How does the human geography in these images
influence the interactions between Great Britain and
India? Click here to enter text.
4. What assumptions could be made about
demographic trends based on these images? Click
here to enter text.
5. Based on these images, what geographic changes
could pose potential conflict? Click here to enter text.
6. Based on the information in these images, what
conclusions can be drawn about the relationship
between the environment and imperialistic activity?
Click here to enter text.
7. Assess the value that the geographer would place on
these imiages in terms of understanding GLOBAL
INTERACTIONS and IMPERIALISM. Click here to
enter text.
Map Analysis Questions
Strand: Geography and Environmental Literacy
N C Essential Standards for Social Studies: G.1.1-2, H.1.1-3, H.2.2, C&G.1, C.1, E.1, G.1.1-2 Common Core Reference: RH.7.1, 2,6,7,8 WHST.7.9
Directions:
1.
2.
Examine the maps (paper and interactive virtual) and answer the following questions. All responses must include
detailed evidence from the maps.
As you use each document highlight any terminology that is unfamiliar to you or terminology for which you need to have
more explanation or content examples from the teacher.
Interactive Virtual Map: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/1907powr.htm - You can click on certain
countries, continents, or maps for further map analysis.
Using the PERSIA graphic organizer in a lesson within a unit of instruction
The impact of European Imperialism: Africa, Asia and the Americas
Political
Influences
Economic
Influences
Religious Influences
Social
Influences
Intellectual
Influences
Area/Geographic Influences
1. In examining these maps, what is the relative location of
the dominant nations to the subordinate nations? Click
here to enter text.
2. How does the physical geography of imperially dominant
and imperialized subordinate nations shown in the maps
influence their interactions? Click here to enter text.
3. How does the human geography of imperially dominant
and imperialized subordinate nations shown in the maps
influence their interactions? Click here to enter text.
4. What assumptions could be made about demographic
trends in imperialized subordinate nations based on the
maps? Click here to enter text.
5. What predictions can you draw about the relationship
between the relative geographic location of the colonized
territories and the potential for conflict? Click here to
enter text.
6. In examining these maps, what types of resources were
motivating factors for Imperialism? Click here to enter
text.
7. From a geographic perspective, what can be inferred
about GLOBAL INTERACTION and IMPERIALISM from the
maps? Click here to enter text.