World History Midterm Test 22-23

The Atlantic Slave Trade ended before colonization

• True

• False

The belief that Europeans should bring civilization to other people was called

• Social Darwinism

• White Man's Burden

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

The belief that strong nations should naturally conquer weak was called

• Social Darwinism

• White Man's Burden

• Nationalism

• Economics

Europeans competed to take more land in Africa. Pride in one's country is called

• Social Darwinism

• White Man's Burden

• Nationalism

• Economics

Europeans were MOST interested in colonizing Africa in order to

• Bring civilization

• Take natural resources

• Spread Christianity

• Learn new languages

At the Berlin Conference, Europeans decided how to

• remove resources from Africa

• divide up Africa

• give power to African kingdoms

• support African rulers

Who was not invited to the Berlin Conference

• Britain

• Germany

• Spain

• Africans

What does this political cartoon represent?

• White Man's Burden

• Nationalism

• Spreading Christianity

• Social Darwinism

Based on the chart, how did the lives of the African people change after Europeans took over?

• Focus on subsistence farming led to surplus

• Focus on cash crops led to famine

• Too many items that were sources of food

• Too few items that were imports for Africa

Based on these maps, how did Africa change under Imperialism?

• Replaced African rulers with European rulers

• Replaced subsistence crops with cash crops

• European schools replaced African schools

• Forced women and children to become slaves to the Europeans.