AWC II 15-16 FRYE
Assignment 15
Age of Empires
Mar 10-17 (due)
Read Quest Chapter 15
Terms to take note of…
Imperialism
Lord Durham
aborigines
Henry Stanley
Battle of Adowa
Boer War
Lord Curzon
Afghan Wars
Taiping Rebellion
Sun Yat-sen
Battle of Tsushima
Spanish-American War
(may appear on a pop quiz of some kind…)
spheres of influence
protectorates
Missionaries
John MacDonald
dominion
Australia
the Commonwealth
Maoris
Dr. Livingstone
King Leopold II
Berlin Conference of 1885 Mahdi / Sudan
King Shaka (Zulu)
Afrikaaners/Boers
Cecil Rhodes
British E. India Co.
Sepoy Mutiny
the Raj
Indian National Congress
Muslim League
The Great Game
Opium War
Treaty of Nanking
Hong Kong
Cixi
Boxer Rebellion
Kuomintang
Meiji Japan
Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
French Indochina
King Mongkut
King Chulalongkorn
the Filipino Revolt
"Dollar Diplomacy"
Panama canal
Written work This is in the prep [homework] category [30% weighting]
Usually a 5 point answer should be the equivalent of 1 to 2 paragraphs; a 10 point answer is 2-3 paragraphs.
1. 1. Do 1 page of CARTOON notes on or… write a 2 -3 paragraph summary of
events in Africa in the Imperial era. [5]
2. Do 1 page of CARTOON notes on or… write a 2 -3 paragraph summary of events
in India between 1800 and the early 20th century. [5]
3. Do 1 page of CARTOON notes on or… write a 2 -3 paragraph summary of events
in China and Japan between 1800 and the early 20th century. [5]
4. Do 1 page of CARTOON notes on or… write a 2 -3 paragraph summary of events
in the Americas in the Imperial era. [5]
5. What impressions of European attitudes in Africa (or anything you learned) did
you get from the opening excerpt from Heart of Darkness? [1-2 paras., 5]
6. Discuss the role of missionaries in the era (including Livingstone). [1-2 paras, 5]
40pos
Over for map – question #7
7. AFRICA MAP: Age of Imperialism see notes or Quest page 500 [10]
40 pos
7a. Label the name of each area
7b. Color each area….Use the
following color code:
British – PINK
Turkish Empire - GREEN
French – BLUE
Spanish – YELLOW
Portuguese – ORANGE
German – GREY
Belgian – BROWN
Independent – WHITE
Boer States – GREY stripes
Italy – PURPLE