The Age of Imperialism: Guided Reading Notes

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Chapter 11: The Age of Imperialism (1850-1914) Guided Reading Notes
Section 1: The Scramble for Africa
For each term or name, identify/define and explain the significance:
Imperialism

racism

Social Darwinism

Berlin Conference

Shaka

Boer

Boer War

Answer the following questions:
1. How did the Industrial Revolution lead to European colonization?

2. How did colonization change Africans’ basic economy?

3. How did the Boer war differ from other patterns of colonization in Africa?

4. What sort of problems might result from combining or splitting groups of people without regards for ethnic or linguistic traditions?

Section 2: Case Study Imperialism: Nigeria paternalism assimilation

Menelik II

For each term or name, identify/define and explain the significance:

Answer the following questions:
1. What idea is the policy of assimilation based on?

2. Why were African resistance movements usually unsuccessful?

3. How did colonial rule cause a breakdown in traditional African culture?

4. How as the policy of paternalism like Social Darwinism?

Section 3: Europeans Claim Muslim Lands
For each term or name, identify/define and explain the significance: geopolitics Crimean War

Suez Canal

Answer the following questions:
1. How did European nations take advantage of the Ottomans’ weakness?

2. Why did the discovery of oil in Persia increase the value of Ottoman territory?

3. Why was the completion of the Suez Canal cause for international celebration?

4. How did Persia’s granting of concessions eventually lead to its takeover by Britain and Russia?

Section 4: British Imperialism in India
For each term or name, identify/define and explain the significance: sepoy “jewel in the crown”

Sepoy Mutiny

Raj

Answer the following questions:
1. Why didn’t Indians unite against the British in the Sepoy Mutiny?

2. What form did British rule take under the Raj?

3. How did economic imperialism lead to India’s becoming a British colony?

4. How did imperialism contribute to unity and to the growth of nationalism in India?

Chapter 12-Section 1: China Resists Outside Influence
For each term or name, identify/define and explain the significance:
Opium War

extraterritorial rights

Taiping Rebellion

sphere of influence

Open Door Policy

Boxer Rebellion

Answer the following questions:
1. How did resistance to technology hurt China?

2. What caused the increase in opium addiction in the mid-19th century?

3. What is one indication that the self-strengthening movement was not entirely successful?

4. What importance did spheres of influence have for China?

5. What act by the Dowager Empress helped cause the Boxer Rebellion?