Imperialism Introduction

China and Britain fought a war over:

• the Korean peninsula

• conquests along the Nile River

• opium production and distribution

• the elimination of the samurai

 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 theory that it was natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker ones is known as   

• Berlin Conference
• Social Darwinism
• Sphere of Influence
• Scramble for Africa

 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 

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

When a strong country takes over a weaker country for economic, social or political reasons it is called

• industrialization
• miliatrism
• imperialism
• nationalism

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

Native Indians who served in the British East India Co. army

• Raja
• Viceroy
• Sepoy

An application of Darwin's scientific theories of natural selection and the survival of the fittest to the struggle between nations and races; used in the late 1800s to justify imperialism and racism. 

• Communism
• Social Dawinism
• Socialism
• Social Theory

The King of Belgium who claimed territory in Central Africa for himself and created a personal fortune by exploiting the Congo's natural resources.

• Shaka
• Nguyen
• Leopold II
• Menelik II

Extreme pride in one’s country is known as

• nationalism
• communism
• imperialism
• Social Darwinism