World History Final Exam Review

1. A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries, politically, economically, or socially.

• Social Darwinism

• Geopolitics

• Berlin Conference

• Imperialism

2. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies- particularly as justification for imperialist expansion. 

• Imperialism

• Racism

• Social Darwinism

• Geopolitics

3. What is the nickname for the meeting at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa?

• Open Door Policy

• Congress of Vienna

• The White Man's Burden

• Scramble For Africa

4. What was proposed by the United States that all nations have equal opportunities to trade in China?

• Treaty of Kanagawa

• Open Door Policy

• Sphere of Influence

• Treaty of Nanking

5. A conflict lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought  for control of territory in South Africa.

• Boxer Rebellion

• Sepoy Mutiny

• Boer War

• Opium Wars

6. Which of the following is a religious motive for imperialism?

• to control another country's government

• obtain natural resources

• open new markets up to sell products

• spread Christianity

7. A policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs.

• assimilation

• paternalism

8. As a direct result of the Spanish-American War, which of the following two territories did the United States gain?

• Hawaii

• Philippines

9. Whose assassination sparked WWI?

• Gavrilo Princip

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand

10. In 1914, this alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

• Central Powers

• Allies