Intermediate World History B | Unit 13 | The New Imperialism
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Dividing Up the Riches
Africa
1. In 1877, King Leopold of Belgium declared “We must obtain a slice of this magnifique
gateau africain”—this magnificent African cake. The king was inspired by the writings of
. What did his statement mean?
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2. What slice of the African cake did King Leopold claim for Belgium? Color the area on the map pink.
3. What role did the Africans play in the 1884 and 1885 conferences about the future of Africa?
4. Name at least four areas the British claimed. Color the British areas on the map red.
5. Who was Cecil Rhodes and what lured him to Africa?
6. What businesses did Rhodes establish?
7. He dreamt of expanding the British Empire, so he used his personal army to conquer a vast region
in Africa. He named it
.
8. Which areas did the French colonize? Color the French areas on the map purple.
9. Color the areas the Spanish claimed orange.
10. The Ethiopians were able to drive out the Italians, but the Italians succeeded in colonizing other
areas of northern Africa. Color those areas of the map dark green.
11. Color the German colonies yellow.
12. Color the areas the Portuguese claimed light green.
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13. In all of Africa, only
and
remained independent.
Color in the boxes on the key with the appropriate colors and compare your map to the one on page
587 of your textbook.
Thinking Cap Question
14. Why were the Europeans able to gain control of nearly the entire African continent?
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Asia
15. What three areas of Asia did the British control in 1914? Color the British areas on the map red.
16. List two examples of the New Imperialism in China.
17. The colonizing countries worked out a policy that none of them would close its portion of China
to trade with the others. The policy was known as an “
” policy.
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18. Rebels in China tried to end Western domination in the
in the end?
19. In 1853 the United States used military power to force
foreign trade.
. What happened
to open its door to
20. Color the areas Japan colonized dark green on the map.
21. To avoid conflict, Russia and Britain marked off
their empires.
as a land to separate
22. In the mid-nineteenth century the French sent troops into Indochina. Which three countries are
in the region today? Color the area purple on the map.
23. The United States gained control of
and
of the Spanish-American War. Color them light green.
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