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Outline Map
The Ottoman Empire in the Late 1800s
Directions: Locate and label the following regions that were at one time under the control of
the Ottoman empire: Libya, the Hejaz (Arabia), Egypt, Turkey, Palestine, Bulgaria, Armenia,
Crete, and Macedonia. Add the present-day border of the nation of Turkey to the map and
create a key for the border in the blank box. You may use any map in the textbook chapter,
unit opener, or Atlas for reference.
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Outline Map
The British in India to 1858
Directions: Locate and label the following cities and regions of India: Madras, Bengal,
Hyderabad, Ceylon, Calcutta, Punjab, Pondicherry, Delhi, Goa, and Bombay. Then shade on
the map the territory under British rule by 1805 and the territory under British rule by 1858.
Add a key to your shading in the blank box. You may use any map in the textbook chapter,
unit opener, or Atlas for reference.
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Geography Quiz
Imperialism in India
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A. Location
Study the map above. Match the letters on the map with the following places.
1. Goa
2. Hyderabad
3. Punjab
4. Bengal
5. Madras
B. Geography and History
Match the letters on the map with the correct description.
6. Delhi, the old Mughal capital of India
7. Pondicherry, a French possession
8. Calcutta, site of Ram Mohun Roy’s Hindu College
9. Bombay, one of India’s major cities
10. Ceylon, an island nation
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Test B
A. Terms, People, and Places
Match the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the letter of the
correct answer in the blank provided. (3 points each)
Column I
Column II
1. Indian tradition of isolating women
in separate quarters
2. promoted Indian cultural pride and is
often called the founder of Indian
nationalism
3. economic situation that occurs when
a nation exports more than it imports
4. colony administered by local rulers
with European advisers
a. Sun Yixian
b. Usman dan Fodio
c. trade deficit
d. purdah
e. Guang Xu
f. balance of trade
g. trade surplus
5. emperor who launched the Hundred
Days of Reform in China
6. president of the new Chinese republic
after the fall of the Qing dynasty
h. protectorate
i. Ram Mohun Roy
j. Shaka
7. leader who sparked an Islamic
revival across West Africa in the early
1800s
8. economic situation that occurs when
a nation imports more than it exports
9. leader of the powerful Zulu kingdom
in the early 1800s
10. the difference between how much a
country imports and how much it
exports
B. Key Concepts
Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided. (4 points each)
11. Which of the following was a Social Darwinist argument in favor of the
new imperialism?
a. Colonies would bring wealth and prestige to the home country.
b. Western nations needed outlets for their growing populations.
c. Westerners thought they had a duty to bring their civilization to
inferior races.
d. Increased trade would benefit all peoples.
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Test B (continued)
12. What colony did the British help create for freed slaves in West Africa in
1787?
a. Nigeria
c. Liberia
b. Gold Coast
d. Sierra Leone
13. David Livingstone believed that opening the interior of Africa to
Christianity and trade would
a. end the slave trade.
b. reduce African resistance to European imperialism.
c. rob Africans of their culture and traditions.
d. spark revolts across Africa.
14. The Boer War was sparked by
a. the migration of Boers into British territory.
b. the migration of Boers into Zulu territory.
c. the desire of the British to take Cape Colony from the Dutch.
d. the discovery of gold and diamonds on Boer-held lands.
15. Ethiopia was able to remain independent because
a. Europeans could not reach its remote location.
b. Europeans agreed to its independence at the Conference of Berlin.
c. Ethiopia modernized and imported European weapons.
d. Ethiopia agreed to accept Christianity as its state religion.
16. The desire to return to the purity and simplicity of Muhammad’s teachings was the goal of what Islamic reform movement?
a. Mahdi
c. Wahhabi
b. Qajar
d. Young Turks
17. As the Ottoman empire crumbled, Russia plotted to seize the Bosporus
and Dardanelles in order to
a. build a Berlin-to-Baghdad railway.
b. gain access to the Mediterranean Sea.
c. build a canal through Egypt.
d. gain control of the Red Sea.
18. The interest of Europeans in Iran intensified with what discovery in the
region?
a. gold
c. diamonds
b. oil
d. copper
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Test B (continued)
19. Rifle cartridges greased with animal fat were a key cause of the
a. Sepoy Rebellion.
b. Mughal Rebellion.
c. Taiping Rebellion.
d. Armenian genocide.
20. The purpose of the Open Door Policy was to
a. bring Western-style reforms to China.
b. protect the British opium trade in China.
c. carve up China among the European powers.
d. protect U.S. trading rights in China.
C. Document-Based Assessment
Use the map to answer the following question on a separate sheet of paper. (5 points)
21. Draw Conclusions How did
the Suez Canal influence the
spread of Western European
imperialism? Use details
from the map as well as what
you know about the canal to
support your answer.
The Suez Canal
GREAT
BRITAIN
North
Atlantic
Ocean
EUROPE
Mediterranean Sea
Suez
Canal
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Sea
Answer the following questions on a
separate sheet of paper. (25 points)
23. Recognize Cause and Effect
In what ways did the
Industrial Revolution
influence the “new imperialism”?
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D. Critical Thinking
22. Summarize Summarize the
chain of key events that led
to the partitioning of Africa
among European nations.
ASIA
London
AFRICA
South
Atlantic
Ocean
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INDIA
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Mumbai
S
7,200 Miles
11,600 Km
Indian
Ocean
12,300 Miles
19,800 Km
24. Identify Assumptions British policy in India encouraged Western education.
What did the British assume that this policy would accomplish? What was the
effect of this assumption?
25. Express Problems Clearly What was the Boxer Uprising? How did the uprising
contribute to the fall of the Qing dynasty?
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