Nationalism and Imperialism

Select the three answer choices that best defines Nationalism.

• Negative outlook towards people of different ethnicities or backgrounds

• Fueled by strong emphasis on national origin and common ancestry

• Tolerance for individuals and groups that come from different areas

• Extreme patriotism or devotion to one's country

• The idea that individual freedoms should be protected and promoted

Which answer choice best describes imperialism?

• The increase of military fortifications to prevent invasion.

• Establishing laws to suppress cultural diffusion of minority groups

• The restriction of trade to protect national economic interests

• A country's desire to expand its power and wealth by seizing control of another smaller or weaker
  country

How does the political cartoon above demonstrate one of the causes of Imperialism?

• Imperial powers worked together to ensure that resources were evenly distributed

• Imperial powers competed to divide up underdeveloped areas for their resources

• Imperial powers were constrained by the desires of the indigenous people

• Imperial powers cooperated to ensure that underdeveloped areas were industrialized

• They saw Africa as undiscovered and full of savages, so they refused to step foot on it

• They saw Africa as a territory obliterated from its natural resources

• They saw Africa as a newly unclaimed territory with boundless resources to fuel their empires

• They saw Africa as an independent country and refused to infiltrate it and take its resources.

• With the "Scramble of Africa", England was not able to imperialize any territory and focused their
  resources on Asia

• With the "Scramble for Africa, many nations realized that conquering other nations was unethical
  and focused their resources on their economy and trading with the world to build their
  industrialization peacefully and cooperatively.

• European countries were able to control an abundance of African natural resources to bring
  immense wealth to their nations and citizens.

• By imperializing nations of Africa, European nations not only expanded their territory but were also
  able to use natural resources to increase their production of finished goods to trade with other
  European nations.

• To establish trade routes between Europe and Africa

• To divide Africa among European powers

• To negotiate peace treaties between African tribes

• To promote cultural exchange between Europe and Africa.

Which answer choice best explains a main cause of the Opium Wars?

• The British government sent military forces to China to stop the trade of Opium due to its harmful
  effects

• The British government fought alongside China to prevent Russia from gaining control of the
  Chinese Opium plants

• The British government fought against China to maintain illegal shipments of Opium

• The war never took place as all sides decided to carve up China and its resources evenly

How did the influence of nationalism manifest itself during the Boxer Rebellion in China?

• Western Imperialist leaders aligned with the Boxer movement to promote Chinese cultural traditions

• Russian intellectuals joined forces with foreign powers to suppress the Boxers and protect foreign
  interests.

• The Boxer Rebellion aimed to expel all foreign influence and perceived foreign "enemies" from
  China

• Nationalist sentiments had no significant impact on the Boxer Rebellion; it was solely a religious
  uprising

Which individual is credited with the unification of Germany and associated with the phrase blood and iron?

• Otto von Bismark

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Count Camillo di Cavour

Which form of imperialism is ruled directly by a foreign power?