Imperialism and Colonization

(Study Guide)

General Information

Ø Imperialism and Colonization

Ø What? When? Where? Which? Why? How?

Ø Raw materials

Ø Natural resources

Spain in America

ü Christopher Columbus

ü Hispañola

ü Hawks bell of gold

ü Why did natives die?

Ø La Conquista

ü A general knowledge of who the Aztecs were

ü Hernán Cortés

ü 1519

ü Tenochtitlán

ü Montezuma

ü Small Pox

ü Cualtemoc

Ø Spanish Rule

ü Viceroy (direct rule)

ü Encomienda

ü The two goals of the Spanish in America: gold and souls

Ø Spanish America

ü What races make up most modern day Latinos?

ü What happened in North America in 1946-48?

ü Why are most Mexicans Catholic?

Imperialism in Africa

Ø How was Africa divided politically before colonization?

Ø How were European borders drawn in Africa? What problems did this create?

Ø Indirect rule vs. direct rule

Ø Slavery and the Slave Trade

ü Who ran the trade? 1444è1600's, 1600'sè1800's

ü Triangle Trade

ü Slave Trade Outlawed

ü The Confederate Flag

Ø Power and justice in a British colony

ü Colonial courts, colonial governments

ü How were conflicts between Africans and whites dealt with in British colonies?

ü How could the British people affect what went on in the colonies?

Ø African Economics, before and after colonization

ü Subsistence Agriculture

ü African population before colonization

ü Exports

ü Two ways to create export capitalism: taxes and force

ü African urbanization and poverty

Ø Understand the competing aims on the make believe island of Quemada

Geography

Ø What areas of the Americas did the Spanish conquer?

Ø Over what area did Mexico and the United States fight a war?

Ø What nations colonized the most land in Africa?

Ø Find the following on a blank map:

ü Hispañola

ü Tenochtitlán

ü Nigeria

ü The Belgian Congo

ü Spain

ü Portugal

ü Britain