5.1 Imperialism Overview

When one country takes control of another for economic, political or military gain it is called?

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Manifest Destiny

• Nationalism

What is Imperialism?

• extending your domestic policy to unite the country

• extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• going to war with a country to establish peace

• extending the borders and annexing a country and granting rights

European missionaries sought to convert Africans to Christianity.

• True

• False

Survival of the fittest, using the theory of evolution and applying it to society and people:

• Social Darwinism

• Communism

• Class Warfare

• All the above

Social Darwinism was a justification for:

• Conquest based on racial prejudice

• Improving factory technology

• Creating an equal democratic society

• Paying reparations to oppressed people

The view that a nations most "fit" to survive had the right to dominate others

• Dominator

• Survivalist

• Social Darwinism

• Winner

Why were European countries interested in colonizing Africa during the Age of Imperialism?

• 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

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

• spreading their greatness

Who benefited most from imperialism?

• European nations

• Native Americans

• African Kingdoms

• Indian Kingdoms

Why did the Age of Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa begin?

• European populations were growing at an unsustainable rate

• African kingdoms invited European nations to govern their land

• European nations wanted raw materials and markets for finished goods

• East Asian nations needed new routes to the Americas