Unit 5 Review Worksheet

Unit 5 Review Worksheet

Unit 5 Review Worksheet

New Imperialism

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

A. BritainE. Belgium

B. FranceF. Portugal

C. GermanyG. Holland

D. ItalyH. 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 ______

______.

  1. Powerful ______kept Europeans out of most of Africa until the late 1800s.
  1. Until the introduction of ______, Europeans were not able to conduct major expeditions into the interior of Africa.
  1. In the late 1860s, the best known explorer of Africa, David Livingstone, went looking for the ______.
  1. After finding Livingstone in 1871, Henry Stanley went back to Africa and signed treaties with local chiefs of the ______.
  1. Stanley’s treaties gave ______personal control of these lands.
  1. The takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation is called ______.
  1. The belief by the Europeans that they were better than other peoples is an example of ______.
  1. According to ______, non-Europeans were considered to be on a lower scale of development because they lacked the technology of the Europeans.
  1. List three inventions or discoveries that allowed Europeans to conquer Africa.
  1. ______had the advantage in the scramble for territory.
  1. The two primary purposes of the Berlin Conference were to prevent ______between the Europeans and to ______.
  1. Around 1816, Zulu chief ______created a large, centralized state in South Africa.
  1. Dutch settlers, known as ______, gradually took over native Africans’ land in South Africa and established ______.
  1. The British gained control of South Africa as a result of winning the ______.

Ch. 11 Sec. 2 – Imperialism

  1. A country or region governed internally by a foreign power is a ______.
  1. A country or territory with its own government but under control of an outside power is a ______.
  1. An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges is a ______.
  1. The main difference between European colonies and protectorates had to do with their ______.
  1. Britain and ______ruled their colonies indirectly and tended to allow limited self-rule.
  1. As part of its direct management style, ______adopted and then largely abandoned the policy of assimilation in Africa.
  1. The only African nation to successfully resist European colonization was ______.

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

  1. With the help of the British and French, the Ottomans defeated ______in the Crimean War.
  1. ______instituted a series of reforms in the military and economy of Egypt.
  1. The Suez Canal was built through the combined efforts of the ______and ______.

Ch. 11 Sec. 4 – British Imperialism in India

  1. Until the beginning of the 19th century, the ______ruled India without interference from the British government.
  1. India was considered the ______because it was the most valuable of all the British colonies.
  1. Three causes of the Sepoy Mutiny were religious beliefs, feelings of ______, and ______.
  1. As a result of the mutiny, the British government ______.
  1. The term ______referred to British rule over India from 1757 until 1947.
  1. Ram Mohun Roy has been called the “______”.
  1. 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

  1. Britain tried to establish a balance of trade with China by smuggling ______into China for non-medical use.
  1. After a humiliating defeat in the Opium War, China signed the ______, which gave Britain the island of ______.
  1. As a result of a treaty in 1844, foreign citizens gained ______, which provided them an exemption from Chinese law at five Chinese ports.
  1. 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.
  1. The Dowager Empress Cixi backed the ______movement, which aimed to update China’s educational system, diplomatic service and military.
  1. The purpose of the United States’ Open Door Policy was to protect ______and ______.
  1. The Boxer Rebellion was a campaign against the ______, and ______.
  1. The slogan of the rebels was “______”.
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