Module 23 : Imperialism

Match the following definition with the correct key term:

When a weaker country or territory is taken over and controlled by a stronger country.

• Democracy

• Absolute monarchy

• Imperialism

• Capitalism

All of the following areas of the world were imperialized and controlled by powerful European nations EXCEPT...?

• Asia, specifically China

• India

• The United States

• Africa - except for Ethiopia and Liberia

Match the following definition with the correct key term:

The idea that European and American races were superior to races from Africa, India, and Asia. The idea that "survival of the fittest" applied to humans too.

• Communism

• Social Darwinism

• Home Rule

• Nationalism

European countries imperialized (controlled) weaker territories in Africa, India, and Asia for all of the following reasons except...?

• to gain raw materials

• to fuel and grow European industrialization

• to use native slave labor to produce raw materials

• to educate the natives and share technology with them

Match the following definition with the correct key term:

The meeting between European powers where they decided how to divide Africa amongst themselves (they were trying to avoid a war with each other)

• The German Pitch-In

• The Berlin Bonanza

• The African Auction

• The Berlin Conference

All of the following were resources that Europeans took from African territories EXCEPT...?

• Coal from Great Britain mines

• Rubber from Congo trees

• Diamonds from South Africa

• Gold from South Africa

What was the Crown Jewel the British Empire?

• South Africa

• India

• China

• Australia

Match the following definition with the correct key term:

An Indian soldier hired to protect British goods in India

• Red Coat

• Marine

• Sepoy

• Mongol

What was the main cause of the Sepoy Mutiny against British rule in India?

• Sepoys wanted to be paid more, so they organized a mutiny

• Sepoys were abusing British slaves, so they organized a mutiny

• Sepoys wanted a king in India, so they organized a mutiny

• Sepoys were faced by racial abuse by fellow British soldiers, so they organized a mutiny

What rumor officially sparked the Sepoy Mutiny against Great Britain?

• The British were greasing the gun powder cartridges with pork grease

• The British were training the India soldiers too harshly

• The British were forcing the Indian soldiers to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

• The British were making fun of Mahatma Ghandi