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Chapter 33 – The Building of Global Empires
Directions: Fill in the following information as you read chapter 33 of the textbook. It goes in order.
Section 1 – Foundations of Empire (pp.910-915)
Motives of Imperialism
Define imperialism. Make sure the definition is detailed and precise.
What is the “modern” definition of colonialism?
Where did this new colonialism take hold?
Why did many European nations begin to believe that imperial expansion and colonial domination were
necessary for survival?
Who was Cecil Rhodes?
What were some of the economic motives for European peoples to
launch campaigns of conquest and control?
What political and military reasons were given for imperialism around the
globe?
How did missionaries both oppose, yet inadvertently support,
imperialism?
How was nationalism affected
by imperialism in many
European countries?
What was the mission civilisatrice?
Tools of Empire
What three sets of technological innovation allowed for imperialism to proceed?
List some innovation(s) in each of the three areas which made imperialism possible
Transportation
Military
Communication
Section 2 – European Imperialism (pp.915-927)
The British Empire in India
How did the British East India Company effectively take control of India after 1707?
Who were the Sepoys?
Why did they revolt against the
British?
Why did they ultimately fail?
How did the Sepoy revolt lead to direct rule by Britain?
How did British control of India transform the subcontinent (for better and worse)?
What was the “Great Game”?
Imperialism in Central Asia and Southeast Asia
What was it supposedly in preparation for?
List the areas in southeast Asia brought under European control from the 16th-19th centuries (provide dates)
Spanish
British
French
Dutch
The Scramble for Africa
Explain the relationship between Europe and Africa pre-1875.
What happened in Africa between
1875-1900?
How did David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley encourage imperialism in Africa?
How did Leopold of Belgium
say the Congo would be run?
In reality, how was it run?
How did Britain colonize Egypt?
When was Cape
Town established?
Who was it established
by?
How were the Native treated in the
Congo?
What asset did the British want
to protect in Egypt?
Who were the Boers (Afrikaners)?
Explain the cause(s) of the Boer War (1899-1902).
After the Boer War, how did the British try to improve relations between English speakers and Afrikaners?
What was the outcome of the Berlin Conference (1884-1885)?
How many Africans
were present?
What two areas were the only two places not under European domination by 1900?
Describe, in detail, the three methods of controlling colonies, and the benefits and disadvantages of each:
Concessionary Companies
Direct Rule
Indirect Rule
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European Imperialism in the Pacific
What were the two main forms that imperialism took in Asia?
2.
Example(s)?
Example(s)?
How did European imperialism affect both Australia and New Zealand? (list – there are a number of ways)
What was the Treaty of Waitangi?
How did the Maori people react to it?
Who were the primary visitors to most Pacific islands during the 1800s?
List the acquisitions of European powers in the second half of the 19th century
France
Britain
Germany
How did the European powers and America benefit from Pacific island colonies?
Section 3 – The Emergence of New Imperial Powers (pp.927-930)
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America and the Pacific
What was the significance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?
What land did the
U.S. acquire in 1867?
How did the U.S. acquire Hawaii?
What possessions did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War?
What did the
U.S. want to
build in
Panama?
Explain the sequence of events which led to the U.S.
being able to build this.
What piece of land did
Japan force an unequal
treaty on in 1876?
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
Imperial Japan
How did Meiji officials prepare to protect Japanese power abroad?
Why did hostilities erupt between Qing China and
Japan in 1894?
What transformed Japan into a “major imperial power”?
What was the outcome of the Sino-Japanese War?
Section 4 – Legacies of Imperialism (pp.930-938)
Empire and Economy
What was one of the principal motives of imperialism? What was the result of this?
List some of the goods sought after
How did colonial policies transform India’s cotton cultivation?
Labor Migrations
What were the two major patterns of labor migration seen during the imperial era?
How many Europeans left their homes from 18001914?
How many indentured servants migrated from 18201914?
What were they leaving for?
What were the incentives to leave their homes?
Empire and Society
Describe the Maji Maji Rebellion (1905-06)
In what ways (besides open revolt) did colonial people
resist their European rulers?
What was scientific racism?
What four races did the Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races split
humanity into?
How did social Darwinist’s use Darwin’s theories to justify imperialism?
Nationalism and Anticolonial Movements
What did imperialism and colonialism often push native peoples towards?
Where was this most evident?
What type of society did Ram Mohan Roy argue for?
Where were Indian reformers often educated?
What was the purpose of the Indian National Congress?
What did they draw inspiration from?
What organization did it
merge with in 1906?
When did India finally gain independence?
Reflection Question: Overall, was imperialism a good or bad thing for the world? Consider all aspects before
answering, including treatment of the natives, population movements, global trade, technological advancement,
conflicts, etc.