Unit Three: Industry and Imperialism in the 1800’s
Unit Three: Industry and Imperialism in the 1800’s
Enriched Honors World History (Mr. Palmieri)
In this unit we will explore industrialization and the revolutionary economic and social changes that accompanied industrialization. We will investigate the causes of imperialism as powerful nations in the world take direct control over vast amounts of lands and peoples. We will visit several global regions to witness the impact and characteristics of imperialism.
Tuesday, February 25: Imperialism, p. 686-691
1. Define imperialism and discuss four factors that gave rise to imperialism.
2. Which Southeast Asian nation succeeded in resisting colonial takeover? How?
3. What characterized resistance to colonial rule?
4. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Wednesday, February 26: Africa, p. 692-701
5. Give a 4-5 sentence geographic overview of European imperialism in Africa by using the map on p. 693.
6. How did the Suez Canal increase imperialism and foreign influence in Africa and specifically in Egypt?
7. List and describe all groups discussed who lived in South Africa (and who had conflicts with each other).
8. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Thursday, February 27: India, p. 702-707
9. What was the greased bullet rumor and how did it begin the Sepoy Rebellion against British in India?
10. What was the Indian National Congress and what lead to its founding?
11. Make a chart of costs versus benefits of British rule in India.
12. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Monday, March 3: China, p. 724-731
13. Fill in the cause/effect chart for the Opium War, Taiping Rebellion, and Boxer Rebellion in China
Tuesday, March 4: Japan, p. 520-522 and 738-745
14. How were Europeans received in Tokugawa Japan?
15. What goals did the Meiji leaders have?
16. Describe ways in which Japan became imperialist in the years just before and after 1900.
17. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Wednesday, March 5 Latin America, p. 711-715
18. What did the Monroe Doctrine say?
19. In what ways did the United States act imperialistic in the Caribbean and Central America?
20. What were the goals of the Mexican Revolutionaries?
21. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Thursday, March 6: Industry, p. 614-618
22. Discuss the 5 factors that made Great Britain the place where the Industrial Revolution first emerged.
23. Discuss a technological innovation in the textile industry.
24. How did the nature of work change with the Industrial Revolution? What social changes were there
during and after the Industrial Revolution?
25. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Tuesday, March 11: Industry, p. 618-621
26. Where did the Industrial Revolution first spread to outside of Great Britain?
27. What ideas were held by Utopian Socialists such as Robert Owen?
28. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Monday, March 10: Industralia
Research your English district both today and in the rough time period 1750-1850. Write a ½ page summary or bullet point list of information.
Wednesday, March 12: Industry, p. 652-657
29. What communications inventions resulted from the Second Industrial Revolution?
30. Summarize Marx’s views on economics and social class.What did he predict would follow capitalism?
31. Define labor unions and collective bargaining.
32. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Thursday, March 13: Ideas, Political and Scientific, p. 658-665
33. How were the lives of the middle class changing?
34. What advances in women’s rights were made?
35. Write an additional question your reading has made you curious about.
Friday, March 14: Industralia Concludes (no homework)
Monday, March 17:
Industralia write-up due
Tuesday, March 18: Unit Three Review
Wednesday, March 19: UNIT THREE TEST
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