Imperialism and World War 1

When a strong country takes over a weaker country for economic, social or political reasons it is called

• industrialization
• miliatrism
• imperialism
• nationalism

Imperialism affected almost the entire continent of

• Africa
• Europe
  Europe
• Austrialia
• North America

 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 

• Democratic Revolutions 
• World War I 
• Industrialization 
• The Renaissance 

 What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885? 

• France and Britain agreed to combine African colonies
• less fighting between African leaders and European powers
• African leaders voiced their suggestions
• Europeans divided Africa into colonies 

One of the most important motives for the European imperialism in Africa in the late 1800s was that   Africa provided a source of

• religious conversion of Africans
• slaves for the American colonies
• raw materials used in industry
• new technology to gain from Africans

The theory that it was natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker ones is known as   

• Berlin Conference
• Social Darwinism
• Sphere of Influence
• Scramble for Africa

New Imperialism was focused mainly in 

• North and South America
• Africa and Asia
• Antarctica and Australia
• Europe

Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called 

• Sphere of Influence
• Scramble for Africa
• White Man's Burden
• Imperialism

Where did the Spanish-American war occur?

• Korea
• Spain
• America
• Cuba

How does the Boxer Rebellion increase support for the Open Door Policy?

• Japan realizes it is needed in the United States

• Westerners realize they could more easily exploit China if they stuck together

• China realized Western trade was necessary for its survival

• China and Western nations worked out a series of policies to enable trade through third parties