Quiz on Imperialism

What were the causes of the "New Imperialism"?

How did imperialism have different characteristics in different places?

Was the overall impact of imperialism good or bad?

There were two different time periods when imperialism occurred. The first wave of imperialism lasted from 1500 to 1800. The second wave, 'New Imperialism,' generally lasted from 1870 to 1950. In the space below, describe some of the differences between these two periods of imperialism:

Look up one modern country in Africa today in your school library or on the Internet. Then prepare a brief report describing the impact of imperialism on that country.

Prepare a short biography on a prominent explorer (Richard Burton, Isabella Eberhardt, Mary Kingsley, Samuel Baker), imperialist (David Livingston, King Leopold II, Cecil Rhodes), or resistance-fighter (John Chilembwe, Messali Hadj, Henri Barbusse).

If you were living in China during this period, would you have joined the Boxer movement? Explain your reasoning.

Make your own timeline showing key events in 19th century Africa and China.

This stanza from Kipling’s poem is most closely associated with the belief that it was the duty of Western powers to —

• A) preserve traditional African and Asian cultures

• B) teach non-European peoples how to produce manufactured goods

• C) protect existing African and Asian economies

• D) introduce the benefits of their civilization to non-European peoples

One similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China was that both were —

• A) reactions to forms of European imperialism

• B) movements to establish greater democracy

• C) efforts to restore trade monopolies

• D) struggles to Westernize their cultures