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