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Imperialism Workbook

Name: _____________________________ Per. # _____

Unit 3 Imperialism Test Date:________________

Unit Overview Score Workbook Score Warm Up Score

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Imperialism Unit Overview Key Terms

1. Imperialism

2. Nationalism

3. Colonization

4. White Man’s Burden

5. Cultural Diffusion

6. Social Darwinism

7. Direct Rule

8. Indirect Rule

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9. Opium Wars

10. Sepoys

11. Berlin Conference

12. Scramble for Africa

13. Boers

14. Sphere of Influence

Key concepts

1. Describe the connection between imperialism and the Industrial Revolution?

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2. What were the major motivations for imperialism?

3. How was “the White Man’s Burden” used to justify the actions of imperialist countries?

4. Identify and describe some of the positive and negative effects that Imperial rule had on the

native people?

5. Explain how Imperial nations were able to control their colonies. How did so few control so

many?

7. Describe the impact of the Berlin Conference and how it affected the continent of Africa.

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Imperialism: Rate the Believability

Rate the following statement on a scale of believability: 4= totally happened 1 = unbelievable/no way. Be

ready to justify your response.

In the nineteenth century …

___A British army faced a Sudanese army twice its size. The British won the battle, losing only 48 men while

killing 10,000.

___Mountains of guano (bird droppings), sold to Europeans, created an unprecedented class of millionaires in

Peru.

___The King of Belgium ran a private rubber-collecting company in the Congo that secretly killed 8 million

people.

___England ruled India by committing only one soldier per 10,000 Indian subjects.

___Three out of ten people in southern China became addicted to opium as a result of British merchants

illegally shipping it there from India.

___British railway builders in East Africa provoked the biggest killing spree by lions in history: two lions killed

135 men.

___The British Customs Department grew an impenetrable hedge across India to prevent the smuggling of salt.

This hedge, made mostly of thorny bushes, was from ten to fourteen feet high and from six to twelve feet deep.

It stretched 2,504 miles and was guarded by nearly 12,000 men.

___The biggest holes in the world were dug by hand in South Africa. One was over 2.5 miles wide and 720 feet

deep. It yielded thousands of pounds of diamonds.

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Imperialism Notes

Essential Question

Definition

• 1. One large (core) state’s control and manipulation of the political, economic, and social life of the weaker peripheral) states for personal __________________

• 2. One large (core) state’s political, economic, and social assistance and support for people of less developed states for mutual ______________________.

Age of Imperialism

• 1800 – 1914 • Industrial Revolution to Start of_______________

Causes of Imperialism

• 1. __________________________ (Glory)

• ________________________ lead to competition to

build empires in quest for greater power. • European Powers: Britain, France, Germany,

Belgium, Italy, Spain, USA • Each wanted to be bigger,_______________,

and more powerful than the other • Europeans saw new opportunities to make a name

for themselves overseas. • Territories needed strong, moral, EUR

leadership • Thousands left to gain _________________`

and power overseas

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Causes of Imperialism

• 2._______________________ Factors (Gold) • The Industrial Revolution created a huge demand

For ___________________________

• Africa = Rubber, Copper, Gold, Diamonds • India= Cotton, Jute, tea • SE Asia = Tin • Americas = Tropical Fruits, ______________

• Needed new markets for their goods

Causes of Imperialism

• 3. _____________________ Factors (God)

• Religious fervor and racial superiority inspired conquest

• Catholic and _______________________ missionaries

• _________________________ • The White Man’s Burden

Summary: Write 2-3 sentences answering the essential question.

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Meeting in the Congo

Essential Question:

That Was No Welcome That Was No Brother Write words or phrases that make the natives

seem “scary” Write words or phrases that describe the

“white men”

Fill in the table below comparing and contrasting the two accounts.

White Perspective Both Native Perspective

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Meeting in the Congo (Analysis Questions)

1. What did the two sides have in common?

2. How did they view the same actions differently?

3. What was included in one account but left out of the other?

4. How did perspective influence the “Meeting in the Congo?”

5. Whose account is more believable and why?

6. How could the situation have been avoided? How do you think it will impact future interactions?

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The whites Man’s Burden

Essential Question:

Translation of your stanza: What does it mean?

Analysis Question:

1. What is the “White Man’s Burden?”

2. What are the costs to the imperial (White) Power?

3. How does the author view the “natives?”

4. If no one appreciates the work, then why take up “The White Man’s burden?”

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IMPERIALISM ROLE-PLAY

1. Read through your role play card, and then answer the questions below to help you get into the mindset of your country.

a. Which country are you?

b. How powerful is your country?

c. Who are your friends, if any?

d. Who are your enemies, if any?

e. What do you want in Africa? (land, particular regions, resources, etc.)

2. As soon as everyone in your group is done, examine the three maps showing vegetation zones, the location of major metals and minerals, and the locations of important commercial crops.

3. Each person in your group should have a different-colored marker. As a group, divide up Africa amongst yourselves using the information above and your own thoughts regarding what areas you think your country would want/be able to obtain.

a. Your group will have disagreements about who gets what areas. As a group, you will need to work through these and perhaps make compromises to make everyone happy.

b. It may be easiest to draw in borders in pencil first and then use the markers to color in your respective areas.

c. Make a key at the bottom of the map to show what color represents each country.

d. Be prepared to share why you divided Africa in the way that you did!

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Imperialism Guided Reading Cape to Cairo: Africa

1. What had prevented Europeans from controlling more than just a few, tiny enclaves in Africa?

2. What allowed them to then move into the tropical regions of the continent?

3. In 1870, how much of Africa was controlled by Europeans? How much in 1890?

4. Who was David Livingston? What did he discover? How did he inspire European imperialists?

5. Who is Henry Stanley and what is his most famous quote?

6. What colony did King Leopold II establish in Africa? How did he rule that colony? What resources did he want?

7. What was the goal of the Berlin Conference of 1885? What are some of the negative effects? What is a

positive?

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8. What did many Africans turn to for inspiration against Europeans?

9. What military invention gave Europeans the ability to defeat rebels in Africa?

10. Which nation experienced the only African victory, avoiding subjugation?

11. What group has settled in South Africa in the 1600’s? What were they later called?

12. What tribal group did the Boers avoid? What was their leader’s name?

13. Who was Cecil Rhodes? What did he want in South Africa?

14. What two countries were really fighting in the Boer War?

15. How did the Boers treat non-whites?

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Imperialism in India Notes

Essential Question

Imperialism in India

• 1700’s – _________________ and France fight for control of India • By 1800 – British East India Company Controls the subcontinent

British Rule

• Local _______________ sign rule over to East India Company one by one.

• Gain great ________________ • Collect taxes • Pass laws • Set up __________________ • In some places, direct rule

Indian Grievances

• British outlawed traditional __________________ practices • Indian Princes did not accept their authority

• High taxes angered _________________ • Did not want to convert to Christianity

Sepoy Rebellion 1857

• _______________ = Indian troops who served in the British Army • Angry with British rule

• Rifle cartridges greased with pork and beef __________ • Muslims and Hindus mad

• Were going to have to _______________ over seas

• Hindus fear they will lose their caste

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• Violent ___________________ breaks out

• Lasts months • Both sides commit ______________ acts

• British win and impose stricter rules – ________________

on both sides

Summary: Write 2-3 sentences answering the essential question.

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Sepoy Rebellion Guiding Questions Essential Question:

Document A: Gardiner’s History 1) What kind of document is this? When was it written? 2) Who was the intended audience of this document? 3) What are the author’s main claims about what caused the Sepoy Rebellion? 4) Do you think this is a trustworthy document? Why or why not? Document B: Colin Campbell 1) Who is Campbell? When was the document written? 2) What are Campbell’s two main claims about what caused the Sepoy Rebellion? 3) According to Campbell, why did the British take control of Oudh? 4) How does Campbell describe the residents of Oudh? 5) Do you think this is a trustworthy document? Why or why not?

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Document C: Sita Ram 1) Who is Sita Ram? When was the document written? 2) What are Sita Ram’s main claims about what caused the Sepoy Rebellion? 3) Do you think this is a trustworthy document? Why or why not? 4) How do Sita Ram’s arguments compare to those in Document A and Document B? Document D: Sayyid Ahmed Khan 1) Who is Khan? When was the document written? 2) What are Kahn’s main claims about what caused the Sepoy Rebellion? 3) Do you think this is a trustworthy document? Why or why not?

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Document E: Coohill’s History 1) Who is Coohill? When was the document written? 2) Coohill wrote, “Indians considered this to be a final outrage of British conquest.” What do you think he meant? 3) What additional information about the causes of the Sepoy Rebellion does this document provide? 4) Do you think this is a trustworthy document? Why or why not?

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Effects of British Rule Notes

Essential Question

Positives

• Improved ___________ and modernized ____________ • Built railroads and telegraph systems

• Help BR. _______________l the Indian people better

• Improved sanitation and health care • Set up schools

• Only ____________________ Indians • Taught BR. Superiority

• “a class of persons, _____________ in blood and color, but English in taste, in opinion, in morals, and in intellect”

• Taught about EUR political ideas like _____________ and “consent of the governed” (OOPS!)

Economic Changes

• BR. wanted to make Indian _________________ dependent on them

• Eliminated Indian industries and force the ________ of imports from BR.

• Many Indians turn to _________ ________ farming • Less food production = famine

Summary: Write 2-3 sentences answering the essential question.

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Imperialism Primary Documents

Essential Question:

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provided as well as write the page and paragraph # where you found the information.

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