Ch.19-21 Imperialism- WWI Study Guide

Ch.19 Lesson 1 p. 366-370

  1. Why did Westerners begin to increase their search for colonies after 1880?
  2. In 1800, what were the only 2 societies in Southeast Asia ruled by Europeans?
  3. Why did the French want to control Vietnam?
  4. Why did the United States want to control the Philippines?
  5. Define exploit.
  6. Define indirect rule.
  7. Define direct rule.
  8. Define export.
  9. Which type of rule was cheaper and affected native cultures less?

Ch.19 Lesson 2 p. 371-376

  1. Why was Britain interested in the Suez Canal?
  2. What was the goal of David Livingstone’s exploration of Central Africa?
  3. Which nation and king colonized Central Africa and the Congo?
  4. Where did Europeans meet to settle conflicting claims in South Africa?
  5. Who won control of South Africa during the Napoleonic wars?
  6. What happened as a result of competition between the Boers and the British for farming land in South Africa.

Ch.19 Lesson 3 questions 377-381

  1. What was the immediate cause of the Great SepoyRebellion in 1857?
  2. What were two effects of the rebellion?
  3. What were some of the benefits of British rule in India?
  4. What were some negative aspects of British rule in India?
  5. Who were the Indian Nationalists?
  6. What was the INC? What did they want?

Ch.19 Lesson 4 p.382-385

  1. What were the main exports from Latin America after 1870?
  2. What were common characteristics shared by middle-class Latin Americans? How did they see the United States?
  3. What did Industrialization lead to in Latin America?

Ch.20 Challenge and Transition in East Asia

Ch.20 Lesson 1 p.390-395

  1. What was an external cause of the decline of the Qing Dynasty?
  2. What were three internal causes of the decline of the Qing Dynasty?
  3. What did the Chinese agree to in the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842?
  4. Define China’s “Self-strengthening” reform effort.
  5. Who did Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping Rebellion, believe himself to be?

Ch.20 Lesson 3 p. 401-405

  1. What did Commodore Matthew Perry do in Japan?
  2. What did the Treaty of Kanagawa do?
  3. How did the Meiji reformers change politics? Economics? The Social Structure?
  4. Where did the Japanese expand first? Why?

Ch.21 Lesson 1 p.410-413

  1. What were four causes of World War I?

Ch.22 Lesson 2 p. 420-424

  1. Define propaganda.
  2. Define trench warfare.
  3. What happened to the war on the Western Front?
  4. What was the effect of total war on women?
  5. What did women in the United States, Germany and Britain gain as a result of World War I?

Ch.22 Lesson 3 p. 420-424

  1. Describe the problems with Russia’s army at the beginning of World War I.
  2. Who led the Bolsheviks? What did he want?
  3. What happened to the Russian royal family during the Russian Civil War?
  4. What happened to Russia after Czar Nicolas II abdicated the throne?

Ch.22 Lesson 4 p. 425-429

  1. What did Germany have to agree to at the Treaty of Versailles?
  2. What happened to the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War 1?