SSWH16 Study Guide Name______________________ Date___________
Vocabulary
__________: a policy in which strong nations seek to dominate other countries politically, socially, or economically.
________________: the love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
___________: The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs
______________: the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside
sources or bodies.
______________: opposition to or hostility toward imperialist policies.
Introduction
Factors Promoting Imperialism
➢ Europeans had an overwhelming advantage. (Technical Superiority)
➢ Military Advantage: _____________________
➢ Transportation: _________ and __________
➢ Communication: _________
➢ New protection against African diseases: _________
➢ African Problems Existed:
○ Lack of unity between _______.
○ Wars between ____________.
SSWH16a.
What is Nationalism?
Nationalism back then was the most powerful idea of the 19th century (you know the _____) the belief that
________________________________________________ of whom they share their culture and history with
rather then with the king or emperor. Thus how the idea led to the building of Nation-states.
Rise of germany
➢ After the Napoleonic wars congress of vienna~______________________________
➢ German region~ had trouble uniting due to them being divided into many states
➢ ____ ~ german nation-states try to unify to form german confederation
➢ (There was two major powers______________________).
➢ In ____~ germans forces a constitutional convention
Otto Von Bismarck
➢ He was given the nickname ____________ he represented Prussia in the german confederation from ____
➢ He was the ambassador to _________ & __________ in the late _____
➢ He was Prussia’s chief minister in ____ by king Wilhelm I (Determined to strength Prussia by any means
necessary)
➢ He supported democracy to gain internal support
Japan modernizernies
➢ ____ commodore matthew perry (us) goes to japan and opens trade
➢ ___________~__________________________________________________________________________
Meiji restoration
➢ Japan builds the largest strongest army and asia
➢ Japan's national pride led them to the beginnings of there expands~invaded ____________________
➢ Japan began to trade with the rest of the world and became richer
➢ _______~_____________________________~Japan wins the war with korea and china conquers Korea,
gaining Taiwan as a colony
Germany and japan
➢ Germany and Japan evolved into modern nation-states
➢ Both turned to industrialization to build powerful militaries
➢ __________________________________________________________________________
➢ Germany built a large empire in africa and Southeast Asia
➢ And actually japan took large parts of __________
➢ They both were officially led by _________ , but were actually governed by _____________.
SSWH10b.
Africa and Asia
➢ Asses imperialism in Africa and Asia include:__________________________________________.
➢ Africa was vulnerable to _____________ because they had diamonds and gold that were discovered
there making them _____________ and other countries wanted it.
➢ Africa possesed ______________________________________.
➢ The Berlin conference was______________________________________________________________
_______________________.
➢ The Berlin conference was also made it so each country had to notify the others of new land being
discovered.
➢ During the conference , Africans had _________ in the discussion.
India
➢ Britain nicknamed India “_______________” because they were the most valuable of all britain's
colonies.
➢ India provided ____________________________________(rough fiber made from the stems of a tropical
Old World plant).
➢ During the colonization, their were both ____________ and ___________.
SSWH10c.
Intro to Anti-Imperialism
The__________________________________________________________________________ in opposition of the
acquisition of the Philippines, which happened anyway. The anti-imperialists opposed expansion because they
believed imperialism violated the credo of republicanism, especially the need for "consent of the governed".
Opium Wars
______: a bitter brownish addictive drug that consists of the dried latex obtained from immature seed capsules of
the opium poppy
First Opium War
➢ China’s attempt to ban the sale of opium in the port city of Canton leads to the _____________________
______________, in which the Chinese are defeated by superior British arms and which results in the
imposition of the first of many “Unequal Treaties.”
➢ These treaties open other cities, “Treaty Ports” to trade foreign legal jurisdiction on Chinese territory in
these ports, foreign control of tariffs, and Christian missionary presence.
➢ The war was concluded by the onerous Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) in _____. The treaty forced China to
cede the Hong Kong island to the United Kingdom in perpetuity, and it established five treaty ports at
Shanghai, Canton, Ningpo (Ningbo), Foochow (Fuzhou), and Amoy.
Second Opium War
➢ During 1856–1860, British forces fought towards legalization of the opium trade, to expand trade in _ ____
(cheap laborers) to open all of China to British merchants, and to exempt foreign imports from internal
transit duties.
➢ __________________________________________________; eventually, more than 80 treaty ports were
established in China, involving many foreign powers. All foreign traders gained rights to travel within
China
➢ France joined the British.
Boxer Rebellion
➢ Officially supported peasant __________ of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China.
➢ “________” was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan
(“Righteous and Harmonious Fists”).
➢ The group practiced certain boxing and calisthenic rituals in the belief that this made them invulnerable.
➢ Their aim was the destruction of the Qing dynasty and the privileged westerners with a high position in
society.
Indian Revolt of 1857
➢ Was also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
➢ A major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India
Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
➢ It _____________________________ at __________.
➢ Sepoys in the Presidency of Bengal revolted against their British officers.
