Imperialism Review

What is Imperialism?

• Imperialism is when a country extends its power through military force or diplomacy.

• Imperialism is when a country fights in a war.

• Imperialism is when a country does not control another country.

• Imperialism is when a country cannot get enough raw materials on its own.

Why did Europeans improved roads and bridges in their colonies?

• to provide jobs for the colonists

• to move raw materials and goods quicker

• to impress the colonists with their technological knowledge

• to help missionaries spread Christianity

Which statement best explains the authors perspective regarding Rudyard Kipling’s “white man’s burden”?

• Europeans should preserve traditional cultures in Africa and Asia.

• Europeans should protect existing African and Asian economies.

• Europeans suffered great hardships in exploring new trade routes to Asia.

• Europeans had a duty to introduce the benefits of their civilization to non-European peoples.

Why did Europeans have a hard time getting into Africa in the 1800s?

• Africa had powerful armies

• Africa had rivers were hard to navigate

• Africa had diseases.

• All of these are true.

Which of the following helped Europeans get into Africa?

• the Maxim gun

• the steamboat

• quinine

• All of these are true

What was something going on in Africa that made colonization easy for the Europeans?

• Africans needed to trade with Europe for materials.

• Africans had different cultures and languages in their ethnic groups, no unity.

• Africans were Christians, so they welcomed Europeans.

• Africans had strong armies.

What did the Boers and the British fight over in southern Africa?

• They did not fight

• Both wanted gold and diamonds.

• Both wanted cotton.

• Both groups wanted to industrialize the area.

Which one of these groups would be Dutch?

• Ottomans

• Zulu

• Boers

• All of these are correct

What caused political division and separations in Africa?

• Opium Wars

• Boer Wars

• Berlin Conference

• Meiji Restoration

Select ALL that relate to indirect rule

• used in Africa

• used in India

• goal:make future leaders

• goal: assimilation

• local government official were used to rule