pp. 440 – 445
Use the chart below to explain the significance of each term.
| Social Darwinism | |
| Civilizing Mission | |
| Scramble for Africa | |
| Siam |
It is important to be aware of the major colonies that each European nation controlled. Use the chart below to list some of the regions/countries that were colonized by each European power.
| Great Britain | |
| France | |
| Netherlands | |
| Japan | |
| Belgium | |
| Germany |
1. What caused the Scramble for Africa?
2. How did Africans and Asians react to European Imperialism? (Cite specific examples)
3. How did Imperialism lead to small-scale wars.
pp. 446 – 449
1. What were the causes and effects of the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
2. How were European empires in the 19th century different from earlier empires?
3. How were European empires complicated by issues of race, class, and gender?
pp. 449 – 459
1. What natural resources were European colonizers most interested in? Why?
2. How did the policies of colonial powers change the economic lives of their subjects? (Think Congo Free State as an example)
3. How did forced cultivation of cash crops effect colonies and colonized people? Explain with specific examples.
4. As slave labor declined, what form of coerced labor grew?
5. How did European colonies impact migration patterns in the 1800s?
6. How were the social and economic lives of women altered by colonial economies?
7. What legacies has colonialism and imperialism left behind in Asia and Africa?
pp. 459-468
Use the chart below to explain the significance of each term.
| African identity | |
| “idea of Tribe” | |
| Africanization of Christianity |
1. What impact did western education have on colonial societies?
2. How did religion and syncretism impact colonial culture?
3. In what ways were “race” and “tribe” new identities in Africa?
4. How did European nationalism create rival nationalisms in their colonial societies?