Unit 6.1 AMSCO AP World

I enjoyed reading "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling.

• Very much

• A little

• It was interesting

• Poetry is hard.

Imperialism is

• ONLY economic control over peoples

• ONLY political control over peoples

• Policy or ideology of extending the rule over peoples and other countries

Which of the following was NOT a nationalist motivation for imperialism?

• Compensation for a humiliating defeat

• A way to compensate for losing colonies in the Americas

• A way to demonstrate nationalist pride

• A misuse of science to justify expansion

What are the people who studied skull sizes and shapes called?

• Skull diagramologist

• Geoscientist

• Phrenologist

• Anthropologist

Which of the following were considered cultural motivations for imperialism?

• Phrenologists claiming to have proof of the intellectual and physical inferiority of nonwhite races

• Social Darwinism

• The belief in the inherent superiority of white races

• Cultural combinations to create cohesive societies.

Which of the following were religious motivations for imperialism?

• Civilizing the native populations

• Endling illegal slave trade

• Setting up schools for instruction in religion and secular topics

• Improved medicine and medical care

• Conversion

True or False: Although some missionaries had clean motives for engaging with native populations, often, this initial contact would pave the way for pursuing economic motivations for engaging with the native populations.

• True

• False

Why were European countries imperializing? (Choose 2).

• Economic gain

• A way to learn about other cultures

• To befriend people different from themselves

• Access to raw materials

Turn to page 372 and read the passage. Then, answer the following questions. Which statement best provides the context for the racial policies that shaped imperialism in India and Africa?

• In both places, the English did not encourage highly educated native people to prepare for self-rule.

• In both places, a smooth transition of power helped the highly educated native people gain political power

• In both places, social clubs were the meeting places for native people planning to fight for self-rule.

• In both places, the colonizers finally began to respect educated natives, thus weakening their own colonial rule.

Using the passage on page 372, answer the following question. Which theory did Europeans use most directly to justify the social patterns described in the passage?

• Social Darwinism

• Pan-Africanism

• popular sovereignty

• laissez-faire capitalism