CHAPTER 24

AP®-STYLE QUESTIONS

1. Discuss three major factors that differentiated the new imperialism from the previous period of
European expansion (1450–1525).
2. To what extent were political motives more important than economic motives in promoting the
new imperialism?
3. Compare and contrast the responses of two non- Western societies to nineteenth-century Western
imperialism.
4. Analyze the motivations, methods, and consequences of the scramble for Africa.
5. How and in what ways were cultural and economic factors responsible for the intensifying
European imperialist activity in Africa from the mid-nineteenth century to the start of World
War I?
6. Evaluate the role of technology in creating global inequality and making European imperialism
possible.
7. Evaluate British rule in India before and after the Great Rebellion of 1857. What were advantages
and disadvantages of British rule for the Indian population?
8. The AP Central Web site hosts full DBQs from past AP European History Examinations, along
with sample student responses and commentary. The following DBQ on this topic from past
exams is available at
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2085.html:
 2009: African colonialism