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Unit 5 Test Study Guide: Imperialism + Resistance to Imperialism in Asia and Africa

You should be able to define and describe the significance of the following vocab words

Imperialism

Colonization

Caste

Colony

Social Darwinism

Concessions

Brahmin

Sepoy

King Leopold

God, Gold, and Glory

1. There will be questions on the quiz that ask you to analyze parts of documents, maps, and/or images. Some documents, maps, and/or images you have seen before. Some will be new to you, but they will be related to what we have learned. As a result, you should be comfortable analyzing sources like documents, maps, and / or images.

2. What is Imperialism? What is the goal(s) of Imperialism?

3. Why did Europeans want to dominate other places and people? In your answer, make sure to include

God, Gold, and Glory

The Reformation, Scientific Revolution/Age of Exploration, and the Industrial Revolution

4. How was Social Darwinism used to justify European Imperialism?

5. What was the Sepoy Rebellion? What caused the rebellion?

6. What was the Scramble for Africa? How was it related to the Berlin conference?

7. What was the Berlin Conference? What was decided at the conference?

8. Describe the Congo Free State using the following terms: King Leopold II, Colonialism, Berlin Conference, and rubber.

9. The questions from the case studies

What were the aims of British indirect rule in the Gold Coast?

How did colonialism affect people in the Congo?

What were the effects of assimilation in Algeria?

Who has the right to land in Kenya, and why?

10. What are the Abomey Treasures? What are the arguments for/against returning them to Benin?

Friday Paragraph response question: Why did industrialized nations seek to expand their empires, and how did colonized people respond?