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Unit 2: Age of Imperialism Study Guide

1. Define imperialism and describe its motives.

2. Define social Darwinism.

3. Define apartheid.

4. Describe Mohandas Gandhi and his goals.

5. Compare Nelson Mandela and Gandhi.

6. Describe the causes of the Sepoy Rebellion.

7. What was the “White Man’s Burden?”

8. How did the Industrial Revolution encourage imperialism?

9. What was the “homeland system” in South Africa?

10. What was a main goal of the ANC?

11. Describe the restrictions against non-white South Africans during apartheid.
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Unit 2: Age of Imperialism Study Guide

12. Describe the Opium Wars.

13. Describe the Boxer Rebellion.

14. What was the Russo-Japanese War?

15. What was the Treaty of Nanjing?

16. Describe the ways the Meiji restoration helped Japan industrialize and modernize.

17. What was the role of the British East India Company in India?

18. Who was Commodore Matthew Perry?

19. How did Japan gain control of Korea?

20. Who was the Hawaiian queen at the time of American annexation?

21. What was Gandhi’s March to the Sea?