World History Test Review (IR and Imperialism)

What caused the spread of imperialism in the 1800s?

• Industrial Revolution

• Napoleonic Wars

• Berlin Conference

• French Revolution

What is urbanization?

• Farming efficiently

• Movement of people to cities

• Cheaply making steel

• Families having more children

What type of people were most likely to live in tenements?

• immigrants

• wealthy business owners

• farmers

• middle managers

Which of the following is the steam engine used for. (Check all that apply)

• Transportation

• Factory Power

• Converted mineral water into gasoline

• Made it easier to make gold

What geographic features did England have access to that helped industrialization? (check all that apply)

• plains

• rivers

• coastal mountains

• natural ports/harbors

Why did European industrial nations engage in imperialism? (check all that apply)

• their home country was filled with disease

• they wanted to learn about the world

• they wanted to spread Christianity

• they needed natural resources and markets

What is imperialism?

• When a stronger country controls a weaker one

• Going to war

• Moving from farms to cities

• Countries creating an allience

What happened at the Berlin Conference?

• People found a cure for malaria

• African leaders shared their ideas for the future

• European countries peacefully divided up Africa

• War was declared

What disease made it hard for Europeans to take over Africa in the 1800s?

• Chicken Pox

• Bubonic Plague

• Small Pox

• Malaria

What did Social Darwinists believe?

• Africa had no natural resources that the Europeans needed

• More powerful nations had a duty to civilize weaker ones

• Increased trade would benefit all people

• Stronger animals could always survive