Imperialism Test 2022

Imperialism is:

• The policy of giving business total economic freedom

• The policy in which a state takes political and economic control of areas beyond its borders

• The policy in which a government controls industry and the economy

• The policy that ensures citizens are completely loyal to the state

One way _______ encourages imperialism was that growing industries needed natural resources and larger markets for manufactured goods.

• Nationalism

• Communism

• Industrialization

• Socialism

Which statement best describes the relationship between imperialist powers?

• Countries competed with each other for land and resources.

• Countries respected territories of other nations.

• Countries worked together to divide raw materials.

• Countries staked land far from colonies of other nations.

What did colonizers build in colonized nations to support the expansion of colonial exports?

• Democracies in colonized areas

• Infrastructure such as roads and bridges in colonized nations

• Factories to make manufactured goods in colonized nations

• Socialism in colonized areas

Which statement is true of imperialism?

• Western powers united colonial populations, who then rejected tribal affiliations.

• Western powers depended on diplomacy to work with colonial populations.

• Western powers avoided using violence to secure and hold territory.

• Western powers imposed their legal systems, taxes, and political administration.

The argument that the human species improves when more intelligent and resourceful people thrive and prosper, while weak and inferior people die out, is referred to as:

• Social Gospel

• Social Darwinism

• Linnaean Model

• Pinnacle of Creation

Which of the following terms refers to the moral duty of the West to civilize the rest of the world?

• White Man's Burden

• Socialism

• Nationalism

• Laissez-faire capitalism

During the ___________, imperialist powers sliced Africa amongst themselves by drawing borders on a map.

• Decolonization of Africa

• Boxer Rebellion

• Scramble for Africa

• Meiji Restoration

How did native people in Africa react to imperialist expansion?

• They reluctantly accepted colonization after they saw how imperialism improved their economies.

• They fought against European countries and often developed successful strategies to defeat them.

• They resisted imperialist powers but could not overcome the superior firearms of Europeans.

• They accepted European control peacefully and resolved to use colonization to their advantage.

The ________ of 1884-1885 showed that European nations were ready to carve up Africa among themselves.

• Tokyo Conference

• London Conference

• Moscow Conference

• Berlin Conference