1. Student__________________________________class____date________
Modern World History 1750-present Ch 17.1
Terms/People:
>imperialism (470)
>settlement colonies (470)
>dependent colonies (470)
>protectorates (471)
>spheres of influence (471)
>raw materials
>”The White Man’s Burden”
WRITE the following items and complete the web below:
settlement colonies protectorates
Need for raw colonies “The White Man’s Burden”
Dependent colonies establish new markets
Kinds of colonies Motives for colonization
Circle the boldface word or phrase that BEST completes each statement:
1. Imperialism is when one country takes control of/unites with another
country.
imperialism

2. 2. By the beginning of the 20th
century, the world’s power was
concentrated/widely scattered.
3. In settlement colonies/protectorates, the local ruler was allowed to
keep his title, but the European power really controlled the colony.
4. The need for bases for armies and navies created/defused rivalries
between nations.
5. Agricultural advances/industrialization created a need for raw
materials.
6. European nations/Native peoples sometimes tried to create a false
need for goods to build a market.
7. The need for work encourage/discouraged emigration to new areas.
8. “The White Man’s Burden” usually refers to the European belief in
Westernizing/protecting the cultures of colonies.
9. Europeans generally had a great deal of/very little respect for native
peoples.
10.Christian missionaries had little effect/great influence on native
peoples.
Fill in the blank:
1. __________________________ is an example of a settlement colony.
2. __________________________ is an example of a dependent colony.
3. Soldiers from ______________________ served in the French army.
4. European countries sought colonies in places that had the
____________________
that their factories needed.
5. Some nations thought that they could _________________________ for
their goods by changing people’s habits or customs.
6. North America, South America, and Australia grew because great
numbers of _____________________ from Europe moved there.
7. The phrase “The White Man’s Burden” is the title of a poem by British
poet
_______________________________________.
8. Europeans believed that they were __________________________
people’s lives by imposing their own values and cultural ideals on them.
improving India raw materials West Africa
Australia immigrants Rudyard Kipling create new markets