Nationalism and Imperialism

Europeans countries extended military and political power over Africa, China, and other regions around the world to exploit them economically in a practice known as ______.

• Socialism
• Statism
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

Britain forced China to allow its merchants to trade along the Chinese coast in a series of wars known as the ________.

• Colonial Wars
• Boxer Rebellion
• Nationalist Revolutions
• Opium Wars

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(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

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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

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What is nationalism?

• Devotion and loyalty to one's country
• Hating your country
• Pride in another country
• Hating another country

Who was Otto von Bismarck?

• The driving force behind German unification 
• The driving force behind Italian unification 

Which of the following is NOT a primary motive for imperialism?

• Looking for new markets and raw materials 
• To give glory to God
• To fulfill the "White Man's Burden"
• European rivalries

“Europeans have a moral responsibility to civilize primitive people.”  This statement best expresses the concept of ________________________.

• Social Darwinism
• Nationalism
• The "White Man's Burden"
• The Monroe Doctrine 

What was the main issue that caused the First Opium War?

• The British illegally trading Opium in China
• The French illegally trading Opium in Vietnam 
• The British illegally trading Opium in India
• The Japanese illegally trading Opium in China

What was the Berlin Conference of 1884? 

• A meeting of American states to determine how to divide and colonize Canada
• A meeting between European countries  to determine how to regulate colonization of Africa
• A meeting between the United States and Mexico to split up territory in Texas
• A meeting between Japan and Asia to colonize Russia