Flocabulary Imperialism

What does the phrase "the white man's burden" refer to?

• the Europeans' belief that they had a mission to civilize people of color

• the European epidemic of back pain as a result of the agricultural revolution

• a famous song that provides arguments for slavery

• Cecil Rhodes's company during the scramble for Africa

What helped Europeans conquer Africa? (pick two)

• quinine for malaria

• cell phones

• trains and steamboats

• cars

How did Cecil Rhodes affect the map of Africa during the age of imperialism?

• He helped prevent deforestation in Africa.

• He created the Rhodes Scholarship.

• He named two countries after himself.

• He changed the shape of the coastline.

Who successfully led an African tribe's fight against British colonizers?

• Shaka Zulu

• Cecil Rhodes

• David Livingstone

• Nelson Mandela

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Boer War?

• Boer women and children and African natives were put in forced labor camps.

• South African racial conflict arose in the later twentieth century.

• The British gained control of South Africa.

• Black South Africans immediately gained equal rights.

A 19th-century theory that held that society and groups of people are subject to the same laws of natural selection as animals and plants. It was used to justify racism and colonialism through its belief in racial superiority.

• Social Darwinism

• Shaka

• Imperialism

European settlers thought they needed to ___ the native people by forcing them to dress differently and learn English

• sepoy

• apartheid

• civilize

Europeans practiced ___ when they claimed land in Africa, Asia and Latin America as their own and imposed their governments on the people who already lived there.

• imperialism

• malaria

• sepoy

• apartheid