AP World History - Chapter
Objectives:
27: New Imperialism Study Guide
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Understand the concepts of “New Imperialism” and “colonialism” and be able to analyze them in terms of motives,
their methods, and their place in the development of the world economy and the global environment.
Understand the “Scramble for Africa” and be able to use concrete examples to illustrate the process of colonization
and reactions to colonization in Africa.
Understand the process by which Central and Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands were brought under the
domination of the great powers.
Understand and be able to analyze the causes and significance of free-trade imperialism in Latin America.
Section 1: New Imperialism: Motives & Methods Imp
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Why was the Suez Canal built? How did affect Egypt?
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What does the term “New Imperialism” mean?
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How did this “New Imperialism” affect the world?
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Besides conquering large amounts of territory, the New Imperialism was most significant for
5. The French government’s political motive for participating in the New Imperialism was to
6. How was colonial territory often seized? What was the effect?
7. What were the cultural motives of imperialism?
8. What did the colonies offer European women?
9. How did the Western advancement in technology affect imperialism?
10. The most harmful aspect of the Western sense of cultural superiority was?
11. What were the economic motive for imperialism?
12. How did the technological innovations of the Industrial Revolution affect imperialism?
13. What was one of the greatest barriers to the European invasion of inland African territories?
14. Describe the technological military advancements of the late nineteenth century?
Section 2: The Scramble for Africa Imp
15. What is the term that describes the gap between European and colonial weapon technology?
16. Explain the outcome of the Battle of Omdurman. (death toll, destruction, political etc)
17. Describe the reasons countries wanted to colonize other regions and what the consequences were.
18. Describe a colonial “protectorate.”
19. Why was New Zealand able to electe its own parliament and ruled itself.
20. Since the colonies were governed with small numbers of European officials, they relied upon
21. How did the arrival of western women in the colonies affect the colonies?
22. Until the 1870s, Africans ruled 90% of Africa, however how did that change by the 1890’s?
23. How did the accumulation of foreign debt affect Egypt?
24. British efforts to increase Egyptian agriculture resulted in
25. How did the the French plan to open the interior trade of Senegal?
26. What did Henry Morton Stanly do with King Leopold’s money?
27. The major decision of the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was that Europeans could
28. Europeans controlled equatorial Africa by
29. How were Africans treated by agricultural companies?
30. Why did the British want to expand to Southern Africa?
31. Describe the ambitions of Cecil Rhodes?
32. Explain South Africa’s 1913 Natives Land Act.
33. The most successful African resistance against Europeans took place in
34. The Ethiopian victory over Italy at Adowa was due to
35. The presence of European colonial officials meant that?
36. How did the flood of Christian missionaries into Africa affect Islam?
Section 3: Asia & Western Dominance Imp
37. What area of Asia did Russians occupy? Why?
38. Who was the last independent state in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century?
39. Why did Southeast Asia have great economic potential?
40. How did Europeans transform the environment of Southeast Asian dependencies?
41. Who was the leader of the Filipino movement for independence and what did he do?
42. Why did the United States annex Hawaii?
43. Why did the United States purchase the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?
Section 4: Imperialism & Latin America Imp
44. How did Free-trade imperialism affect Latin America?
45. How did Westerners better exploit the economic potential of Latin America?
46. Why did Europeans avoid taking formal colonies in Latin America?
47. Explain The Monroe Doctrine.
48. What was the result of the Spanish-American War?
49. Explain the the Platt Amendment.
50. In order to build the Panama Canal, the United States
Section 5: The World Economy & the Global Environment
51. Why were Hevea trees transplanted around the world?
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