Imperialism Wrap Up

What idea was based on Charles Darwin's ideas and said Europeans could conquer Africans because it was "survival of the fittest"?

• superiority complex
• social Darwinism
• conquer theory
• Enlightenment ideas

Which is NOT a resource/good that Europeans wanted to exploit from AFRICA?

• rice
• ivory
• rubber
• feathers

How did King Leopold II of Belgium get resources out of the Belgian Congo?

• Belgian army
• paid tribal chiefs
• forced labor (slaves)
•  European prisoners as punishment

The British took control of what man-made geographical feature?

• Panama Canal
• Suez Canal
• Nile River
• Lake Victoria

The idea of Social Darwinism was used to justify ________________. 

• war
• peace
• spending money
• racism

The British helped the Dutch defeat which group in South Africa?

• Ethiopians
• Italians
• Zulu
• Libyans

Menelik II successfully fought off the Italians from invading his territory. Which country was he the leader of?

• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Ethiopia
• Mali

Which was NOT a benefit of European imperialism in Africa?

• new crops and farming techniques
• introduction of European medicine
• forced labor
• road and railroads were built

money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise

• capital
• enterprise
• social darwinism
• standard of living

a business or organization in such areas as shipping, mining, railroads, or factories

• utopia
• stock
• assembly line
• enterprise