Chapter Test

In the 19th century, European powers engaged in a land grab known as the "Scramble for _______."

• Africa

• Antarctica

• Austrialia

• North America

According to Social Darwinism

• Weaker nations need the support of stronger ones

• It is natural for weak nations to be conquered by stronger ones

• There is no such thing as nations

• Natural resources should be shared equally by all nations

Which of the following best describes "White Man's Burden"?

• Europeans should use African slaves as workers on cash-crop plantations.
• Europeans were created by god and other races evolved from "lower species."
• European nations become more powerful by gaining wealth and overseas colonies. 
• Europeans have a responsibility to civilize the "inferior" people of the world.

One of the most important motives for the European imperialism in Africa in the late 1800s was that   Africa provided a source of

• religious conversion of Africans
• slaves for the American colonies
• raw materials used in industry
• new technology to gain from Africans

 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 

• Democratic Revolutions 
• World War I 
• Industrialization 
• The Renaissance 

 What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885? 

• France and Britain agreed to combine African colonies
• less fighting between African leaders and European powers
• African leaders voiced their suggestions
• Europeans divided Africa into colonies 

the death of Robespierre and the lose of power of the Jacobins ended what time period?

• French Revolution

• Reign of Terror

• Enlightenment

• Napoleonic Code

Urbanization can be described as

• a system a farming and harvesting crops with efficient

• the movement of job seekers into the city

• a process of quickly and cheaply making steel to manufacture

• a process of serialization to increase the shelf life of liquids

What is imperialism?

• When one country takes over another country

• When one country is allies with another country

• When one country is at war with another country

• all of these options

Which term best describes extreme pride in one's country?

• nationalism

• communism

• Social Darwinism