Honors Modern World History

Imperialism Test

 

Test Format: Map, Multiple Choice, Matching, Essay

People: Know who these people were, what they did, and why they are important.

 

Suleiman I

Queen Victoria, Napoleon III

Hong Xiuquan, Cixi, Quangxu

King Leopold

Emperor Mutsuhito

Gertrude Cayton Thompson and Karl Mauk (Africa)

 

Events/Terms: Know what the event or term is, its causes/meaning, the steps (if any), and the outcome.

 

European Imperialism: Motives, methods, advantages, Social Darwinism, Racism, Commerce, Conversion, Civilization; Berlin Conference

King Leopold and the Belgian experience in the Congo; the “Rubber Boom,” and the treatment of the Congolese

Direct Rule, Indirect Rule, Assimilation (and which countries practiced which)

Internal and external forces that enabled Europe to dominate Africa

Great Zimbabwe, Swahili coast, Arabs, African trade connections

India: Mughal Empire, Sepoy Revolt/Rebellion; Jewel in the Crown, Products, resources

China: Taoism, Confucianism, Tang/Song inventions and mindset, silver exchange, Opium trade and war, Treaty of Nanking, Taiping Rebellion, Self-Strengthening Movement, Boxer Rebellion

** For each of these revolts, understand the underlying causes, course, and results.

Japan: Shinto, Emperor, Shogun, Samurai, Bushido, Commodore Perry’s “opening,” and Japan’s reaction.

Nationalism and its role – both in Europe and the US, and in China and Japan

Extraterritoriality, Per 1 & 2; Treaty Ports, Concessions, Settlements, Consulates

Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland (See Worksheets)

Geopolitics, Suez Canal

 

Concepts: Be able to explain each of the following.

ü  Why the Black Africans of Zimbabwe didn’t think that Blacks could have built the structures at the ruins.

ü  How the Chinese philosophies were so different than those of Europe, and how they helped the Europeans to dominate China.

ü  The major elements of Japanese (Shinto) and Chinese (Taoism/Buddhism) philosophies and how each contributed to their “colonial” experience.  (I.e. why China gets divided and colonized while Japan opens up, explores its options, and modernizes to the point where they are defeating Asian and European powers in war.

ü  Whether or not, on balance, colonization was good or bad for the people of the colonies. Be prepared to explain your answer.

ü  The main parts of Taoism, Islam, Confucianism, and the Hindu Religion