New Imperialism Key Questions
(27.1)
1.
What can you infer about the Europeans' attitude toward Africans from the Berlin Conference?
2.
What sort of problems might result from combining or splitting groups of people without regard for ethnic or linguistic traditions?
3.
What did a European nation have to do in order to claim part of Africa? Where was this agreement created?
(27.2)
4.
Why were African resistance movements usually unsuccessful?
5.
How is the policy of Paternalism similar to Social Darwinism?
6.
Compare and contrast a protectorate style of government vs. a colony.
(27.3)
7.
What is Geopolitics?
8.
How did the Suez Canal influence the spread of Western European imperialism?

9.
What discovery causes the spread of Imperialism in the Middle East?
(27.4)
10.
What are the causes of the Sepoy Rebellion (mutiny)?
11.
What are the results of the Sepoy Rebellion (mutiny)?
12.
What might the decision to grease the Sepoy’s cartridges with beef and pork fat reveal about the
British attitude toward Indians?
13.
Why did the U.S. annex Hawaii?
(27.5)
14.
What territories did the U.S. acquire after the Spanish-American War?
(28.1)
15.
Why do you think European powers established spheres of influence in China rather then colonies, as they did in Africa and other parts of Asia? (include Open Door Policy in your
Answer)
16.
What are Extraterritorial Rights?
17.
What was the Opium War?