Subscribe

Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 8

Imperialism & Colonialism

Empires and their effects

What your child practises

Why powerful countries built empires, the Scramble for Africa, British rule in India, the Opium Wars, new technology, and the lasting effects of colonial rule and resistance to it.

NWT Curriculum learning standard: Imperialism and colonialism: motives, methods and effects on colonized and colonizing societies

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What problem did drawing borders at the Berlin Conference cause for African peoples?

    • Borders followed each nation's wishes.
    • Every group received the same lands.
    • Groups were split apart or forced together, causing problems that lasted for generations.
    • No borders were drawn.

  2. Question 2

    King Leopold II of Belgium ran the Congo Free State as his personal colony. What was a result?

    • The colony was left alone.
    • Belgium paid fair wages.
    • The Congolese ruled themselves.
    • Congolese people were forced to work harshly to produce rubber and other goods.

  3. Question 3

    What was the Indian Rebellion of 1857?

    • A treaty with Japan
    • A trade fair
    • A widespread uprising against British East India Company rule
    • A British election

  4. Question 4

    Which empire took control of much of India in the 1800s?

    • Japan
    • Britain
    • Russia
    • Spain

  5. Question 5

    What is a colony?

    • A territory controlled by another country
    • A kind of city
    • A type of tax
    • A school

  6. Question 6

    What was the East India Company?

    • A French university
    • A Chinese navy
    • A British trading company that gained political and military power in parts of India
    • A Canadian fur company

More Grade 9