Name: _________________________________

Chapter 25 Study Guide

 

1.       How did internal problems in Asian empires contribute to the success of European imperialism? ________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

2.       What company “ran” India for the British until 1858? ___________________________________________

3.       List four changes the British made to Indian culture:

a.       ________________________________________________________________________________

b.      ________________________________________________________________________________

c.       ________________________________________________________________________________

d.      ________________________________________________________________________________

4.       Why did the Sepoy Mutiny occur? ___________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

5.       How did the British make money off of India? _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

6.       Why did India resent/hate the British rule? ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

 

7.       What did the British start selling to the Chinese after the Chinese were only interested in silver? ________

8.       What was the goal of the Taiping Rebellion? __________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

9.       What was the Open Door Policy? ___________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

10.   Why was Europe opposed to the Open Door Policy? ____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

11.   Why did the Boxers rebel in 1899? __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

12.   How did the US get Japan to agree to open its ports to US ships in 1854? ___________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

13.   Give two examples of Japan’s rise in imperial power in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

a.       ________________________________________________________________________________

b.      ________________________________________________________________________________

 

Section 3 Study Guide Questions are on the Section 3 worksheet.

 

14.   Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna? _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

15.   List two reforms made by Benito Juarez in the late 1850s:

a.       ________________________________________________________________________________

b.      ________________________________________________________________________________

16.   Who led the peasants in the Mexican Revolution? (3 people) _____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

17.   Why did Pancho Villa attack Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916? ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

18.   What is “yellow journalism”? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

19.   What event sparked the Spanish-American War? ______________________________________________

20.   As a result of the Spanish-American War, what did the US receive from Spain (3 things)? ______________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________

21.   What was the Platt Amendment? ___________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

22.   Why did the Filipino’s revolt against the US after the S-A War? ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________

23.   What was the first country that attempted to build a canal in Panama? _____________________________

24.   How did the US get Panama to allow it to build a canal? _________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

25.   What was the Roosevelt Corollary? __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

26.   How is the Roosevelt Corollary similar AND different to the Monroe Doctrine?

a.       Similar: _________________________________________________________________________

b.      Different: ________________________________________________________________________

27.   Why did the US get involved in Haiti and Nicaragua in the early 1900s? _____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________

 


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