Chapter 24
Imperialism Exam Review Sheet
1. Define: sphere of influence
2. Define: colony, protectorate
3. Define: direct rule vs. indirect rule
4. Define: empire
5. Define: missionary
6. Define: unequal treaties
7. Define: favorable/unfavorable balance of trade
8. Define: extraterritoriality
9. What do all industrializing nations require as a constant supply? Why?
10. What were Europe’s advantages in pursuing imperialism?
11. What is the meaning of “Scramble for Africa?” Why did we play musical chairs?
12. Be prepared to explained the relative location of European colonies in Africa (France, England, Italy, Germany, Belgium)
13. Why is Africa nicknamed the “dark continent?”
14. Describe Ethiopia’s experience with European imperialism compared to other colonies.
15. What were economic, political, social, military reasons for imperialism?
16. Explain the meaning of the White Man’s Burden.
17. What was the purpose behind the Boer War?
18. Explain how social Darwinism is a cause of imperialism.
19. What was the result of the Berlin Conference?
20. Why was the Opium war fought and what result from it?
21. What role did Commodore Mathew Perry play in Japan for the United States?
22. Why is “Japan NOT China?” Think of the Meiji Restoration.
23. What nation was called the “hermit kingdom?” Why?
24. Explain why Japan is a homogenous society?
25. What was the result of the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War for Japan?
26. What resulted from the Taiping Rebellion?
27. What role did Indian diversity play in allowing England to control India?
28. Compare the Boxer (China) and Sepoy (India) Rebellions.
29. How were the treaties of Nanjing and Kanagawa similar?
30. Why were Armenians targeted for genocide?
31. Why was “wahhabi” a reform movement in Egypt?
32. Why was the Ottoman Empire “sick?” What role did nationalism play in its sickness?
33. Why was the Suez Canal a strategic point? How did England come to control it?