Imperialism

1. Countries want to use imperialism to gain colonies for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• gain new resources

• show their power

• learn about other cultures

• nationalism

2. Why were European countries interested in imperializing Africa?

• They wanted Africa's natural resources

• They wanted land to develop new types of ships

• They wanted to create a perfect society

• They wanted to learn new languages

3. Who was excluded from the Berlin Conference?

• representatives for the US

• representatives of European countries

• representatives from Maryland

• representatives of African countries

4. The Berlin Conference split up ________ among European nations.

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

• South America

5. Political, economic, and cultural control of one country by another country or region is called....

• bias

• imperialism

• nationalism

• colonization

6. The Scramble for Africa was...

• a race to see which nation could get the most resources from Africa

• a race to improve Africa's economy

• a race to Africa's independence

• a race for Easter eggs

7. About how much of Africa was controlled by European nations?

• 10%

• 60%

• 70%

• 90%

8. What valuable resources did African have that European powers wanted?

• gold

• copper

• diamonds

• all the above

9. Pride in one's country is called

• nationalism

• Scramble for Africa

• imperialism

• political cartoon

10. Europeans were MOST interested in colonizing Africa in order to

• Bring civilization

• Take natural resources

• Spread Christianity

• Learn new languages