New Imperialism Global Regents

(1884-1885) A meeting at which representatives from European Nations agreed upon rules for the European organization of Africa

• European Conference
• Berlin Conference
• African League
• League of Nations

An application of Darwin's scientific theories of natural selection and the survival of the fittest to the struggle between nations and races; used in the late 1800s to justify imperialism and racism. 

• Communism
• Social Dawinism
• Socialism
• Social Theory

The King of Belgium who claimed territory in Central Africa for himself and created a personal fortune by exploiting the Congo's natural resources.

• Shaka
• Nguyen
• Leopold II
• Menelik II

Wealthy businessman; Englishman; outspoken advocate of Social Darwinism

• Cecil Rhodes
• Rudyard Kipling
• Menelik II
• Shaka

This is the longest river in the world:

• Amazon River
• Niger River
• Nile River
• Orange River

Why did Europeans continue to colonize Africa after Slavery was abolished?

• Berlin Conference
• Sites
• Raw materials
• Good will

In Africa, the main cause of civil wars, conflict, and artificial political boundaries is

• African countries fighting for independence
• European partitioning (dividing) of African countries
• the African Slave Trade
• Pan-Africanism

European countries colonized Africa because 

• They heard about Africa's resources from explorers
• They were looking for raw materials and cheap labor
• They wanted new markets to sell products
• All of the Above

What lay behind most of Europe's 19th century expansion?

• The Slave Trade 
• The Industrial Revolution 
• Coach Quirk 
• Sugar

Which of the following motives represents the idea that Europeans wanted to spread Christian values to native peoples?

• Religious
• Economic
• Political