Imperialism review 1

What is imperialism?

• When one country takes over another country
• When one country is allies with another country
• When one country is at war with another country
• all of these options

Which term best describes extreme pride in one's country? 

• nationalism
• communism
• imperialism
• Social Darwinism

Which describes a territory that belongs to another country?

• mother country 
• island
• innovation
• colony

This image shows scientific racism which emerged as a way convince/justify the actions of one group over another---- it was rooted in the concept of "survival of the fittest"

• Imperialism
• Social Darwinism
• Paternalism
• colony

Why was Nationalism a motivating factor for Imperialism?

• Caused local people to be more edcuated

• Led to direct control

• Social Darwinism

• More territory= More prestige and status

Economic motives for imperialism include _________.

• a desire to spread Christianity
• a need for military bases around the world
• a need for raw materials to be used in factories
• a desire to gain glory

Yellow Journalists were:

• writers who exposed period problems in hopes of achieving reform
• writers who wrote in yellow to bring attention to Spanish abuses
• newspaper reporters and illustrators who exaggerated stories in order to sell newspapers and fuel a war with Spain
• writers who opposed American imperialism and aimed to keep America neutral

What was Roosevelt's policy called?

• dollar diplomacy
• Speak softly, carry a big stick policy
• sphere of influence
• Pan-Americanism

Alfred T. Mahan argued:

• to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
• the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
• imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
• the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements

President McKinley and the American people were finally convinced to wage war against the Spanish after the mysterious explosion of the

• HMS Beagle
• USS Olympia
• Spanish Armada
• USS Maine