IGH Reading quiz 8 F24

How does this image communicate the power of new naval technologies?

• It includes flocks of birds at flight to indicate the startling sound of cannons

• It juxtaposes the armed ship with a comparably unsophisticated pack of horses

• It uses gray shading to show favor to the British forces

• It shows acts of violence in clear, crisp detail

The English-French standoff at Fashoda is significant because:

• The French defeated the English

• France and England gave up their long-standing colonial rivalry to cooperate against Germany

• Britain lost control of Egypt

• The European population criticized the battle

Which meeting of superpowers, overseen by Otto von Bismarck, resulted in the division of 1.5M square miles of African territory among European countries without any African delegates being present or agreeing?

• Conference of Congo Neutrality

• Berlin Conference

• European Nations Conference

• Conference of Leopold II

Which African country did the Belgian King Leopold II claim?

Among the “spheres of influence” or colonies carved out by European powers, which geographic area suffered the most, with nearly all of it being conquered and subjected to European intervention?

• China

• East Indies

• Africa

• Indochina

The expanding imperial powers of the 19th century used all these reasons to impose and justify their dominance except:

• Their ability to develop an advanced economy

• Their technological and military prowess

• The superiority of their race

• Their Enlightenment ideas

What term refers to the misapplication of the idea of “survival of the fittest” to human races in the context of imperialism?

• Social Darwinism

• Rhodes Logic

• Survivalism

• Natural Selection

Which colonizing power preferred “integration,” or the maintenance of local elites via indirect rule while accepting individuals into colonial society?

• Germany

• Portugal

• England

• France

Which colonizing power preferred “assimilation,” or the imposition of the colonizer's culture?

• Germany

• Portugal

• England

• France

What is the most fundamental element that enabled the apex of imperialization between 1850 and 1914?

• Enlightenment ideologies

• Moral and religious codes

• Technological advances

• Treatment of disease