Imperialism Review You may use 1 3x5 notecard that is hand written on the test.
Key Vocabulary:
 Imperialism
 Sphere of Influence
 Protectorate
 Direct Rule
 Indirect Rule
 Dr. David Livingstone
 King Leopold II of Belgium
 Sepoys
 Opium War
 Famine
 The Boer War
 Suez Canal
 Berlin Conference
 Congo River
 Muhammad Ahmad
Questions to Address:
 What enabled the Europeans to add territory in Africa?
 What effects did Imperialism have on Africa?
 What effects did Imperialism have on China?
 What effects did Imperialism have on India?
 How did cotton production in India negatively affect the Indian people?
 Explain how the Industrial Revolution and Imperialism are directly related.
 Explain the meaning of the following quote, “The sun never set on the British
Empire.
 Motives for Western Imperialism:
o Economic
o Political/Military
o Nationalism
o Social Darwinism
 Advantages that the Western nations had over their colonies.
 How did Ethiopia maintain its independence?
 The three great Muslim empires in the 1700s, where were they located? Why
were they declining?
o Safavids
o Ottomans
o Mughal
 What reforms did the Ottoman Empire adopt to try and strengthen
themselves?
 Explain the genocide that took place in Armenia
 Modern Day countries a part of the Ottoman Empire