Unit 6 Topic 1 Rationale For Imperialism Quizz

The "White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling made the argument that imperial nations should....

• avoid all contact with non-white peoples

• try to help civilize non-white peoples even if it meant war and conquest

• take resources away from non-whites and give nothing back

• respect Enlightenment ideals and treat non-white peoples equally

What characterized most of the 1800s - why are countries wanting colonies? (2 answers)

• Building an empire was one way for a country to asset its national identity in the global arena

• Creating an empire would guarantee resources in an industrial age

• Empires promoted tolerance and love

• In the beginning, there was only man and nature

Victory in what war allowed Japan to eventually take over Korea and Taiwan?

• First Sino-Japanese War

• Formosan War

• The Boxer Rebellion

• the Darwinism

Select that one that is wrongly paired with its colonies

• Britain = India and Australia

• France= Algeria and West Africa, Pacific

• Italy = New Rome

• Spain = the Americas

What was the attitude of the colonizing powers in regards to the people they conquered?

• that they were intellect superior to those they subjugated, thinking that they had a "civilizing mission"

• that love and tolerance would civilize them

• that people were created equal and that the US Constitution would protect all Indians in India

• that people had different, but powerful expressions of civilization

Pseudosciences, used to justify racism, are...

• sciences incompatible with the scientific method

• interesting, but difficult to understand sciences

• studied in school in they include forensics, biology, and astronomy

• used to commercilize products thru ads in tv, radio, and internet

A pseudoscience, Phrenology studies

• sizes and shapes of pelvic bones which would determine the speed of people

• sizes and shapes of skulls which would prove the mental feebleness of Africans, Asians, and Amerindians.

• sizes and shapes of brains which would prove the mental feebleness of Africans, Asians, and Amerindians.

• sizes and shapes of spine bones which would determine the stenght of people

Pseudo-scientists distorted Darwin's idea of natural selected and created the theory of Social Darwinism which is

• a theory which argues that European and American success in colonization proved the biological superiority of whites and was used to further imperialism

• a theory which argues for the adaptation and evolution of the species

• a theory that calls for the societal construct of human races

• a theory which argues that European and American success in colonization proved the intellectual superiority of whites and was used to further imperialism

How did colonizing countries force their culture on the places they took over? (multiple answers)

• combined different ethnic groups and races into a single colony for administrative purposes

• Colonizers introduced their language

• Introduced their educational, political, religious institutions, and recreational activities

• introduced the ideals of Confucius and Voltaire

British Protestant Missionaries such as David Livingstone from Scotland were among the most...

• tireless "civilizing" agents of imperialism that would open up economic gain for others

• incredible minds of the 19th century, helping Cecil Rhodes build mines in South Africa

• important quaterbacks in the 1700s and his legacy would live on until the 19th century

• ruthless inventors alongside Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla