[Modern Imperialism]
Before class
* Read Palmer, 613-622, 627-656
* Key terms
new imperialism
Joseph Chamberlain
Young Turks
Pan-Slavism
Congress of Berlin
Berlin Conference
Fashoda Crisis
Cecil Rhodes
Union of South Africa
Indian Mutiny
Indian National Congress
Russo-Japanese War
* Key questions
1. Discuss the motives that lay behind European expansion in the late nineteenth century.
How did the "new imperialism" differ from the colonialism of earlier times?
2. Explain the process by which Africa was partitioned after 1870. How did partition affect
relations among the European powers?
3. Explain the growth and nature of Indian nationalism.
4. What seemed to be the principal motives for Russian expansion in Asia? Why did they
come into conflict with the British?
5. What were the net consequences of imperialist expansion in China by the end of the
nineteenth century?
6. Describe the nature and outcome of the Russo-Japanese War.
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