World History Name: _________________________________
Imperialism around the World: Stations
Africa
1. Explain European motives for imperialism in Africa
Africa had raw materials that factories in Europe wanted (cotton & rubber)
2. Define: Social Darwinism –
the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of
natural selection as plants and animals
3. How did it contribute to imperialism?
was a sociological theory popular in late nineteenth-century Europe and the United States. It
merged Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection and Herbert Spencer's sociological
theories to justify imperialism, racism, and laissez-faire
4. What was the Berlin Conference of 1884-85? Why was it called?
also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz) or West Africa Conference
(Westafrika-Konferenz), regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New
Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.
5. How did Europeans divide Africa?
Africa were colonized by the European powers. At the Berlin Conference, the European colonial
powers scrambled to gain control over the interior of the continent. ... By 1914, the conference
participants had fully divided Africa among themselves into fifty countries.
6. How did this impact the future of Africa?
contributed to unity problems
7. Impact of Imperialism
Positive Negative
more sophisticated technology, natives lost independence, culture, religion, and
communication systems, better education language. natives were treated like second class
and medical care citizens in their own nation.
China
1. Why did Europeans have an unfavorable balance of trade with China?
because china was interested in european products
2. How did Europeans balance the trade deficit?
They found opium
3. What was the British opium plan?
they smuggles massive quantities
4. How did the Chinese government react?
Sent a letter to british government demanding they stop the importation
5. What was the Treaty of Nanjing? What did it grant to the British?
what they were forced to sign which granted british island of Hong Kong and opened up 5 more ports to
british
6. What was the Boxer Rebellion? The result?
a nationalist rebellion, it was an anti-foreigner rebellion that would not succeed
7. What was the Open Door Policy?
a policy united states proposed in 1899 because they were concerned china would be divided up into separate
colonies like africa
India
1. How did the imperialism of India differ from that of Africa or China?
the country was dominated by ONE great britain rather than MULTIPLE european nations
2. How did the British control India?
through the British-east india company
3. List 3 products produced in India & explain why they were so important to Britain?
Product Explanation
coffee popular in british diet
tea popular in british diet
opium highly addictive drug
4. Why did the sepoys rebel in 1857?
it offended them that they’re gunpowder cartridges for their rifles were greased with beef and pork fat
5. What is the Raj? Dates?
1858-1947, name for era of the british colonial rule over India
6. Evaluate British rule of India:
Positive Negative
British brought many modernizing changes such as
Indians lost all political independence and were
telegraph, railways, telephone lines, modern
discriminated against by the british in their own
hospitals and medicines, and more educational
country
opportunities.
7. Why was Indian unity against the British difficult to foster?
The religion divided india making it harder to unit
8. What was one nationalistic step forward?
The Indian National congress
Southeast Asia
1. How did the climate and location of Southeast Asia lead to European interest?
Climate made it possible to farm products throughout the entire year
2. How did Southeast Asia’s location impact them culturally?
Trade caused a very diverse culture
3. Which two European nations dominated mainland Southeast Asia and which parts did each nation control?
France and Britain controlled southeast asia, france controlled the east and Britain controlled the west
4. Which Southeast Asian nation was able to maintain independence?
Thailand was the only nation
How did they do that?
Modernization
5. What is the real reason they remained independent?
they provide a buffer between france and britain
6. Who colonized Indonesia ?
Dutch
Why was Indonesia a valuable colony?
had valuable cash crops
7. What was the history of the Philippines’ colonization?
spanish first colonized and then was sold to america
