AMSCO 6.1

Who is the author of the poem 'The White Man's Burden'?

• Charles Dickens

• Rudyard Kipling

• William Shakespeare

• Jane Austen

What was one of the nationalist motives for imperialism?

• Preservation of indigenous cultures

• Advancement of technology

• Promotion of democracy

• Desire for economic wealth

Which country controlled the entire Indian subcontinent by 1857?

• Spain

• Netherlands

• France

• Britain

What was the name of the British company that had a monopoly on trade with India?

• Portuguese East India Company

• British East India Company

• French East India Company

• Dutch East India Company

According to Jules Ferry, what was one motive for French colonial expansion?

• Economic exploitation

• Protection of indigenous cultures

• Promotion of self-governance

• Advancement of international cooperation

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference according to the General Act?

• To exploit natural resources in Africa

• To establish military alliances in Africa

• To regulate trade and civilization in certain regions of Africa

• To promote isolationism in Africa

What was the main ideology used to justify the social patterns described in the passage?

• Pan-Africanism

• Social Darwinism

• Popular sovereignty

• Laissez-faire capitalism

What was the context for the European attitudes noted in the passage that shaped imperialism in India and Africa?

• The English encouraged highly educated native people to prepare for self-rule

• Social clubs were the meeting places for native people planning to fight for self-rule

• The colonizers finally began to respect educated natives, thus weakening their own colonial rule

• Some scientists claimed Europeans were a biologically superior race

What was one economic motivation behind European imperialism in the 19th century?

• Advancement of international cooperation

• Promotion of self-governance

• Protection of indigenous cultures

• Economic exploitation

What was one way in which European colonizers committed a failure of duty, according to Ferry?

• Promotion of self-governance

• Advancement of international cooperation

• Economic exploitation

• Protection of indigenous cultures