Vocabulary List for Imperialism in Asia and Africa

Lectures

Imperialism in India

European Imperialism in Africa and Asia

Assignments

Due Tuesday or Wednesday 1/6 or 1/7 - "Inside Islam" worksheet.

Due Thursday 1/8 - Islam and the Ottoman Empire map.

Due Monday 1/12 - Read the relevant book sections and answer the following qs: p.766 qs.1,3,5,6 & p.771 q.3

Due Tuesday or Wednesday 1/13 or 1/14 - Early European colonial empires map and sailing worksheet.

Due Thursday 1/15 - 10 Qs on "The Wrong Empire" from Schama's "History of Britain"

Due Friday 1/16 - Ottoman Empire homework worksheet.

Due Thursday 1/22 - Extra Credit on the Gaza Strip. Links for research:
Fighter Sees His Paradise in Gaza’s Pain
Q&A: Gaza conflict- BBC
The Guardian's Gaza coverage page

Due Thursday 1/22 - Semester 1 Final - The final covers Units 1 through 4.

Due Thursday 1/23 - Resources of Imprialism map and questions.

Due Friday 1/30 - Practicing Imperialism

Due Monday 2/2 - Does the United States have a Kipling's White Man's Burden or something like the White Man's Burden?

Due Wednesday 2/4 - Shade the map of Colonial Africa. The British must be shaded red and the French must be blue. The other nations should be as they please. Identify the cities listed on the map as well. Be sure to fill in the key. Use this Map of African Imperial Boundaries to complete your map.

Due Monday 2/9 - 2 paragraph answers to questions on South Africa under the British reading.

Due Tuesday 2/10 - Questions for Kafka's "A Report to an Academy"

Due Thursday 2/12 - Unit Test, including some information from the last unit as well.

Due Monday 3/1 - 20 point extra credit writing: How does the film Lagaan exemplify British imperialism in India? What is the underlying message about the Indian-British relationship in the movie?

Readings

Kipling's White Man's Burden

Kafka's "A Report to an Academy"

Unit Links (not required)

* Section on Imperialism from Exploring Africa! Unit Two: Studying Africa through the Social Studies

* General resources from Exploring Africa!

* Wikipedia article on the Scramble for Africa. That's the imperialistic partition of Africa. As is usual, though not reliably so, the article is quite good.

* Maps of imperialism in Africa - Scramble for Africa Map and Early 1920s imperialism

* South Asian History: Colonial India

* Victorian and Pre-Victorian Colonial India: An Overview