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Imperialism Quiz: Study Guide Please know the following terms and ideas: Key Question 1: What is imperialism? What were the reasons for European imperialism? imperialism/colonialism height of European imperialism- dates: colony protectorate sphere of influence economic reasons for imperialism: relationship between imperialism and industrialism raw materials markets role of new machines for transportation and war political reasons for imperialism social reasons for imperialism Social Darwinism White Man’s Burden missionaries Key Question 2: What role did European imperialism play in the Americas? Christopher Colombus- his search? why the “West Indies?” major European nations who colonized the Americas- and where they colonized conquistadores major impacts of European colonialism in Americas economic: the triangle trade what it was impact on Europe Africa Americas social impacts: destruction of native peoples/ genocide forced arrival of Africans as slaves Christianity languages creation of new social order: peninsulares creoles mestizos Africans/native peoples political impacts: governments in the Americas today Key Question 3: What role did European imperialism play in Africa? why did African geography make it hard for the Europeans to conquer? effect of the triangle trade in West Africa The Berlin Conference 1884: why did it happen? who was there? what was the result? Which European nations conquered Africa? Roughly where did they conquer? What did the Belgians do in the Congo? What lasting impacts has European imperialism had on the political borders of modern African nations? What effect does this have on Africa? Key Question 4: What role did European imperialism play in Asia? Why did the Europeans want to reach Asia by sea? Major European nations who colonized Asia- and where they colonized what the British did in India what the British did in China: The Opium Wars The Open Door policy What the USA did in Japan and its effects What the Dutch did in Indonesia The French in Indo-China: the roots of the Vietnam War Key Question 5: In the poem “The White Man’s Burden” Rudyard Kipling claimed imperialism was intended to benefit the people the Europeans conquered. In your analysis, was he correct, partly correct, or overwhelmingly wrong?
