Scramble for Africa

What is imperialism?

• When one country attacks another country
• A stronger country colonizes a weaker country
• Something Mr. Haddock keeps boring me with
• When a weaker country fights back against a stronger country

What was the Berlin Conference

• A conference held to split up the country of Africa between European countries
• A conference held to end Imperialism throughout the world
• The conference that started WWI
• The conference that helped organize the United State constitution

Europeans believed that they had a duty to civilize the uncivilized is a ____ motive of imperialism.

• political

• economic

• religious

• social

Which of the following was not an economic motive for imperialism

• racism

• acquire markets

• acquire resources

• land for population growth

What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference?

• European and African nations went to war with each other.

• The European leaders allowed the African leaders to be apart of the governing process of the colonies.

• Imperialism in Africa ended.

• Europeans divided Africa into colonies without considering the cultural and ethnic differences of the African people.

What does this political cartoon represent?

• Militarism

• The Renaissance

• Berlin Conference

• Exploration

What is Social Darwinism?

• Survival of the fittest in society

• The idea that some races are better than others

• The idea that you need to "civilize" other cultures

• all of these options

What is nationalism?

• A pride in a person's nation
• A nation taking over smaller weaker nations
• A huge problem among various nations
• A rare disorder among people living in Africa

Which of the following was NOT a key imperial power?

• United States
• Japan
• Africa
• Europe

The Boers were descendants of

• Watusi nomads, who had been driven south by German colonists.

• the original Dutch settlers of Cape Town and the surrounding areas.

• the indigenous Zulu peoples of South Africa.

• German colonists who pushed the Zulu peoples out of Nigeria.