1. How did industrialization in different European nations foster imperial competition?

2. What resources and advantages did European powers seek through imperial expansion in Africa and Asia?

1. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference and how did it affect European expansion in Africa?

2. Why did Bismarck seek to negotiate a peaceful division of Africa among European powers?

1. What territories did Great Britain, France, and Germany acquire during the Scramble for Africa and why were these territories valuable?

2. How did Germany's industrial growth and Kaiser Wilhelm II's foreign policy increase tensions with Britain?

1. What were the goals of the Pan-German League and what racial ideology did some supporters promote?

2. How did Pan-Germanism appeal beyond Germany's borders and what groups did it target?

1. What caused the Fashoda Crisis and how did it affect British-French relations?

2. Why did Germany support Moroccan rebellions and what was the outcome of the Moroccan Crises?

1. What did Joseph Conrad witness in the Congo and how did he portray imperialism in Heart of Darkness?

1. How did E. D. Morel discover unethical practices in the Congo and what violations of the Berlin Conference did he expose?

1. What methods did the Congo Reform Association use to expose King Leopold II's brutality and what was the outcome of their efforts?

2. How did the Congo Reform Association influence the development of future human rights organizations?

1. What economic arguments did John Hobson make against imperialism in his 1902 work?

1. How did Vladimir Lenin characterize imperialism and what did he believe would result from imperialist exploitation?

1. How did the Zulu attempt to resist British rule and what was the outcome of their rebellion?

2. How did Ethiopia successfully resist Italian imperialism and maintain its independence?

1. What role did the British East India Company play in India and why was India important to the British economy?

2. What triggered the Sepoy Rebellion and what were its immediate and long-term consequences for British rule in India?

3. How did the Indian National Congress emerge and what methods did it eventually use to challenge British imperialism?

1. Who were the Boxers and what grievances motivated them to attack foreigners in China?

2. What were the major consequences of the Boxer Rebellion for China and for Japan's role in Asia?

1. How did Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in 1853 trigger political change in Japan?

2. What reforms did Japan implement during the Meiji Restoration to protect itself from Western powers?

3. How did Japan's military victories between 1894 and 1905 and its seizure of Korea demonstrate its adoption of imperialist practices?