Station 1: Colonial Rule in Southeast AsiaStep 1: Read Chapter 21 Section 1 – pages 686 – 691 and take notes.

Step 2: Complete the chart showing which countries controlled what parts of Southeast Asia

Spain until 1898

Netherlands

United States after 1898

France

Great Britain

Step 3: Analyze the Map on Page 687 Imperialism in Southeast Asia, 1900 and answer the following questions.

1. Which products of Southeast Asia do you think became staples in European diets?

2. Using the map and information from your text, describe Thailand’s unique status in Southeast Asia.

Step 4: Define the following terms and identify how each area listed below was ruled.

Direct Rule:

Indirect Rule:

Country Direct Indirect

Dutch East Indies

Burma

Southern Province in Mekong Delta

Northern Vietnam

Step 5: Answer the following questions.

1. Why did European nations want control of countries in Southeast Asia?

2. How did colonial powers justify their rule?

3. Explain three forms of resistance to Western domination?

Station 2: Empire Building in Africa Step 1: Read Chapter 21 Section 2 – pages 692 - 699 – as you read complete the chart below showing which countries controlled what parts of Africa.

Western Power Area of Africa

Belgium

Britain

France

Germany

Step 2: Use the map on page 693 and your readings to answer the following questions.

1. Identify the two independent countries in Africa in 1914.

2. Describe the changes that occurred in Africa from 1880 – 1914 for the Ottoman Empire.

3. Compare and Contrast how Egypt, Ethiopia and the Congo responded to European imperialism/

Step 3: Suez Canal Info Graphic

Step 4: Opposing Viewpoints

Station 3: British Rule in India Step 1: Read Chapter 21 Section 3 – pages 702 – 707 – as you read use the chart below to identify some effects of British influence on India

Cause Effect

British Textiles

Cotton Crops

School System

Railroad, Telegraph, Telephone Services

Step 2: Analyze the Map on Page 705 British Possessions in India, 1858 – 1914 and answer the following questions.

1. If a ship left Calcutta bound for Rangoon, what major body of water would the ship cross?

2. What major geographic features occur in the areas that Britain acquired by 1858? How do these geographic features help to explain why these areas were the earliest acquisitions?

Step 3: People in History - answer each of the questions at the bottom of the readings.

Step 4: Critical Thinking Questions

1. Many British lived in India for decades. Do you think living in India would have changed British attitudes toward Indians? Explain.

2. Why did some Indian nationalists come to prefer the idea of revolution to reform?

3. Do you think the benefits of British rule to India outweighed its costs? Support your answer.

4. What caused the INC difficulties?

5. What do Tagore’s words reveal about his view of Indian nationalism?

Station 4: Nation Building in Latin America

Step 1: Read Chapter 21 Section 4 – pages 708 – 715 and take notes.

Step 2: Identify the significance of the following terms and people.

Creoles

Caudillos

Peninsulares

Cash Crops

Mestizos

Jose de San Martin

Simon Bolivar

Monroe Doctrine

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Benito Juarez

Puerto Rico

Panama Canal

Haiti

Nicaragua

Step 3: Identify the independence dates and leaders of the following countries’ revolutions against European powers?

Country Date Leader

Argentina

Chile

Colombia

Haiti

Venezuela

1. What was the involvement of the United States in Latin American in the early 1900s?

2. What do Hidalgo, San Martin, and Bolivar have in common?

3. What were some of the problems of independence nations in Latin American before 1900?

Step 4: Analyze the political cartoon and answer the attached questions.