Content Specification - SS.10.4.a.1:
Students will explore imperialism from a variety of perspectives such as missionaries, indigenous people, women, merchants/business people, and government officials.

Content Specification - SS.10.4.a.2:
Students will trace how imperial powers politically and economically controlled territories and people including direct and indirect rule in Africa (South Africa, Congo, and one other territory), India, Indochina, and spheres of influence in China.

Content Specification - SS.10.4.b.1:
Students will investigate one example of resistance in Africa (Zulu, Ethiopia, or Southern Egypt/Sudan) and one in China (Taiping Rebellion or Boxer Rebellion and the role of Empress Dowager CiXi).

Content Specification - SS.10.4.b.2:
Students will investigate how Japan reacted to the threat of Western imperialism in Asia.

Content Specification - SS.10.4.c.1:
Students will compare and contrast maps of Africa from ca. 1800 and ca. 1914 noting the changes and continuities of ethnic groups and regions, African states, and European claims.