REVIEW QUESTIONS: Imperialism

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The term imperialism can best be described as:

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Taking over a weaker nation for its resources, markets, and money

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The Berlin Conference in 1884 was significant because it

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established rules for the European division of Africa

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What was a major factor that allowed imperialist powers to dominate large parts of Asia and Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries?

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Their technological and military superiority

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What is the role of a colony under MERCANTILISM?

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to supply the mother country with resources

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Many of the political divisions shown on this map were directly related to the

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Berlin Conference

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What was the PRIMARY reason European countries were interested in colonizing Africa?

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European countries colonized Africa for natural resources.

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The Scramble for Africa was the 30-year period where

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Africa was conquered by Europeans

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Which African colony is most closely associated with this political cartoon?

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Belgian Congo

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Rudyard Kipling's poem, The White Man's Burden, is most closely associated with the belief that it was the duty of Western colonial powers to:

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Civilize the people they controlled

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Which of the following was a Social Darwinist argument in favor of imperialism?
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Western nations needed outlets for their growing populations,
Increased trade would benefit all peoples,
Colonies would bring wealth and prestige to the home country,
Westerners thought they had a duty to bring civilization to inferior races

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Westerners thought they had a duty to bring civilization to inferior races