1. Chapter 9 Exam-Review Notes
The New Imperialism
Chapter 9
Exam-Review Notes

2. Matching Sun Yixian Usman de Fodio trade defecit purdah Guang Xu
balance of trade
trade surplus
protectorate
Ram Mohun Roy
Shaka

3. Multiple Choice Section #1 - Building Overseas Empires
What was a Social Darwinist argument in favor of western imperialism?
Section #2 – The Partition of Africa
What colony did the British help create for freed slaves?
David Livingstone believed that opening the interior of Africa to Christianity and trade would cause what?
As the Boers of Southern Africa migrated north, they clashed with who?
The Boer War was sparked by what?
Ethiopia was able to maintain its independence because…
How did missionaries interact with African natives?
At the Berlin Conference, European powers agreed that, in order to claim part of Africa, a European power had to…

4. European Claims in Muslim Regions
Multiple Choice
Section #3
European Claims in Muslim Regions
The desire to return to the purity and simplicity of Muhammad’s original teachings was the goal of what Islamic reform movement?
In the Ottoman Empire, tensions between Turkish nationalists and ethnic groups seeking independence sparked the genocide against the…
The interest of Europeans in Iran intensified with what discovery in the region?
As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, Russia plotted to seize the Bosporus and Dardanelles in order to…
The British government wanted to build the Suez canal in order to gain access to Eastern Africa and…

5. Section #4 – The British Take Over India
Multiple Choice
Section #4 – The British Take Over India
14. Rifle cartridges greased with animal fat from cows and pigs caused the Sepoys to refuse to load their guns because it violated their _______ customs and traditions.
15. Ram Mohun Roy, the father of Indian nationalism, condemned all of the following traditions except…
16. The Indian National Congress was formed to…

6. Section #5 – China and the New Imperialism
Multiple Choice
Section #5 – China and the New Imperialism
The Opium War began when Great Britain…
The Treaty of Nanjing was the first of a series of “unequal treaties,” in which Britain gained control of…
What was the result of the Taiping rebellion that began in China in 1850?
Which of the following was one of Sun Yixian’s “Three Principles of the People?”

7. Short Answers
Many Westerners believed it was their duty to bring African and Asian peoples the benefits of Western civilization. Do you believe this justified Western Imperialism? Support your answer with evidence from this chapter.
What was the Boxer Uprising? How did the uprising contribute to the fall of the Qing dynasty?