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1
Summarize the economic, political, and cultural motives of nineteenth-century imperialists. To what extent did those motives overlap and to what extent did they conflict with one another?
2
What were the principal "tools of empire"—the various technologies that gave the Europeans such an advantage?
3
How did the British establish control over India in the early nineteenth century? How did the Sepoy Mutiny contribute to this process?
4
Who were the major players in the "scramble for Africa"? What was the principal objective of this land-grab?
5
What did the United States gain from the Spanish-American War?
6
Where did the Japanese direct their ambitions as a new imperial power? How successful were they?
7
Summarize some of the significant migrations of the late nineteenth century. What were the typical destinations?
8
Compare the reforms of the Tanzimat era with the program of the Young Turks.
9
What was the impact of the Treaty of Nanjing on the Chinese Empire? What nations benefited from this treaty?
10
What were the causes of the Taiping revolution? What was the outcome?







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