Imperialism Exam Study Guide

General Information

Ø Define imperialism. What is colonization? What are colonies?

Ø Why did nations take colonies?

Ø When was the Age of Imperialism?

Ø What are raw materials and natural resources?

Spain in America

Ø What is Christopher Columbus known for? What bad things did he do?

Ø Where and what was Hispañola? What happened to the natives there?

Ø What was La Conquista?

Ø Where were the Inca and Aztec Empires? When were did they reign?

Ø What did Hernán Cortés do?

Ø What was Tenochtitlán?

Ø What role did small pox play in the conquests of the Americas?

Ø What is a viceroy?

Ø What was the Spanish Armada and what happened in 1588?

Ø Who was Francisco Pizarro?

Ø What races make up most modern day Latinos?

Ø What happened in North America in 1846-48?

Ø Why are most Mexicans Catholic?

Imperialism in Africa

Ø How was Africa divided politically before colonization?

Ø How were national borders drawn in Africa? What was done at the Conference of Berlin? Who was at the conference? Who wasn’t?

Ø What is the difference between indirect rule and direct rule?

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

Ø What products were shipped along what routes in the Triangle Trade?

Ø What nation first outlawed the Slave Trade?

Ø How did Slavery finally end in the US? What nations ended it earlier? Later?

Ø What were the Confederate States of America? What was the Confederate Flag?

Ø In British colonies, where did laws come from?

Ø What is subsistence farming?

Ø How did Europeans put an end to subsistence farming in Africa?

Ø What kind of crops were established in Africa by Europeans? Where did these crops go? How did this affect starvation in Africa?

Ø Where was King Leopold II from and what colony did he rule? What product did he force his colony to export?

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

Imperialism in Asia

Ø What was the British East India Company’s role in the conquest of India? (1600s – 1857)

Ø What was a Sepoy? What caused the Sepoy Mutiny? What change in British rule in India did it cause?

Ø Who was Mahatma Gandhi? What method did he use to free India? Did it work?

Ø What is Satyagraha?

American Imperialism

Ø What is Manifest Destiny?

Ø What was the Monroe Doctrine?

Ø How has the USA treated Latin American countries for the last 150 years?

Ø List 3 places that were American colonies?

Geography

Ø What areas of the Americas did the Spanish conquer?

Ø Over what region did Mexico and the United States fight wars?

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