Unit 5 Review Worksheet



Unit 5 Review Worksheet

New Imperialism

Colonial Powers - Match the following colonial powers with their colonies.

A. Britain E. Belgium

B. France F. Portugal

C. Germany G. Holland

D. Italy H. United States

_____ Tanzania _____ South Africa _____ Congo

_____ Hawaii _____ Morocco _____ East Indies

_____ Nigeria _____ Libya _____ Angola

_____ Indochina _____ Egypt _____ Philippines

_____ India _____Algeria _____ Burma

Ch. 11 Sec. 1 - Imperialists Divide Africa

1. Europeans in the early 1800s called Africa the “dark continent” because ___________

_______________________________________________.

2. Powerful ____________________________ kept Europeans out of most of Africa until the late 1800s.

3. Until the introduction of ________________________________________, Europeans were not able to conduct major expeditions into the interior of Africa.

4. In the late 1860s, the best known explorer of Africa, David Livingstone, went looking for the ________________________________________.

5. After finding Livingstone in 1871, Henry Stanley went back to Africa and signed treaties with local chiefs of the ___________________________________________.

6. Stanley’s treaties gave ________________________________________ personal control of these lands.

7. The takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation is called ______________.

8. The belief by the Europeans that they were better than other peoples is an example of _______________________________________.

9. According to ______________________________, non-Europeans were considered to be on a lower scale of development because they lacked the technology of the Europeans.

10. List three inventions or discoveries that allowed Europeans to conquer Africa.

11. ________________________ had the advantage in the scramble for territory.

12. The two primary purposes of the Berlin Conference were to prevent ______________ between the Europeans and to ____________________________________________.

13. Around 1816, Zulu chief _________ created a large, centralized state in South Africa.

14. Dutch settlers, known as _______________, gradually took over native Africans’ land in South Africa and established _________________________________.

15. The British gained control of South Africa as a result of winning the _____________.

Ch. 11 Sec. 2 – Imperialism

16. A country or region governed internally by a foreign power is a _________________.

17. A country or territory with its own government but under control of an outside power is a _________________________________.

18. An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges is a ___________________________________________.

19. The main difference between European colonies and protectorates had to do with their ___________________________________.

20. Britain and _________________________________ ruled their colonies indirectly and tended to allow limited self-rule.

21. As part of its direct management style, ____________________ adopted and then largely abandoned the policy of assimilation in Africa.

22. The only African nation to successfully resist European colonization was _________.

Ch. 11 Sec. 3 – Muslim Lands Fall to Imperialist Demands

23. With the help of the British and French, the Ottomans defeated __________________ in the Crimean War.

24. _____________________________ instituted a series of reforms in the military and economy of Egypt.

25. The Suez Canal was built through the combined efforts of the _________________________ and _________________________________.

Ch. 11 Sec. 4 – British Imperialism in India

26. Until the beginning of the 19th century, the __________________________________ ruled India without interference from the British government.

27. India was considered the ______________________________________________ because it was the most valuable of all the British colonies.

28. Three causes of the Sepoy Mutiny were religious beliefs, feelings of _____________, and ___________________________.

29. As a result of the mutiny, the British government ____________________________.

30. The term _____________ referred to British rule over India from 1757 until 1947.

31. Ram Mohun Roy has been called the “____________________________________”.

32. Roy challenged traditional Hindu culture and called for the _____________________ of Indian society so that India could successfully mover toward independence.

Ch. 12 Sec. 1 – China Responds to Pressure from the West

33. Britain tried to establish a balance of trade with China by smuggling _____________ into China for non-medical use.

34. After a humiliating defeat in the Opium War, China signed the _________________, which gave Britain the island of ________________________________.

35. As a result of a treaty in 1844, foreign citizens gained _________________________, which provided them an exemption from Chinese law at five Chinese ports.

36. Hong Xiuquan’s desire to establish a “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace” led to a peasant revolt called the ________________________________________, which resulted in the establishment of a rebel government in southeastern China that lasted about ten years.

37. The Dowager Empress Cixi backed the ___________________________ movement, which aimed to update China’s educational system, diplomatic service and military.

38. The purpose of the United States’ Open Door Policy was to protect ______________ _______________________ and _________________________________________.

39. The Boxer Rebellion was a campaign against the ____________________________, and _______________________________.

40. The slogan of the rebels was “__________________________________________”.

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