Part 1 of Final Exam Study Guide
Chapter 12/13 -Imperialism
Section 1
1. Know the definition and time period of Imperialism.
2. What is “new imperialism”
3. Know reasons behind Imperialism
4. Know which countries were taking part in
Imperialism
5. What were the western advantages that allowed
imperialism to occur
6. Know the 3 different types of Imperialism
7. Know the two different forms of colonial control
that occurred during Imperialism
8. Know positive and negative effects of Imperialism
9. Know why Industry triggered Imperialism.
10. Know the time period of Imperialism was from
1800-1919.
Section 2-Africa
11. Know how Africa was divided before Imperialism.
12. What resources were in Africa that Europeans
wanted
13. Know the Berlin Conference
14. Know how King Menelik II helped Ethiopia resist
imperialism successfully
15. Know why Europe was able to colonize Africa by
the 1800’s.
16. Know how Social Darwinism helped to cause
imperialism.
17. Know what the Rwandan genocide is and who was
involved.
18. Know how the Rwandan genocide is a long-term
result of imperialism
19. What were positive and negative results of
imperialism in Africa?
20. How did Imperialism change Africa’s borders?
Section 3-Middle East
21. Type of imperialism that occurred in the Middle
East
22. Why were Europeans interested in trading/gaining
economic influence in the middle east by the late
1800’s
23. How did the relationship between the West and
Middle East begin and how did this relationship
create negative repercussions in the future?
24. Know what countries were involved in building the
Suez Canal. Why was there disagreement over who
should own the canal after it was built
25. Know how the Ottoman Empire was declining by
1914.
26. Know which countries fought in the Crimean War
and how it was a geopolitical region.
27. Why did the Russians and the British fight over
control of Afghanistan?
28. How did Britain influence Iran during imperialism?
India-Section 4
29. Describe the relationship Britain had with India
before colonization
30. Know what sepoys are.
31. How did Britain start to change Indian culture?
32. How was British imperialism unfair to the Indian
economy?
33. What was the Sepoy Mutiny and what caused it?
34. How did British control change in India after the
Sepoy Mutiny?
35. What were positive and negative results of
imperialism in India?
China-Section 5
36. Describe the relationship between China and the
west before imperialism
37. Why did China isolate itself? How did this harm the
Chinese in the long-run?
38. Why did the British smuggle Opium into China?
39. How did the Opium trade damage the Chinese
people and economy?
40. Why couldn’t the Chinese government stop the
Opium trade?
41. What type of imperialism occurred in China?
42. How did Imperialism cause revolts and ultimately
government change in China?
43. What were the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions?
Japan-Chapter 13 section 1
44. Know why Japan became an industrial power and
who controlled Japan before modernization.
45. How did isolation cause unhappiness and ultimately
force change in Japan?