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WorksheetsImperialism Quizizz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is Imperialism?
When a monarch rules because of the Divine Right of Kings.
When the government keeps its hands off of businesses.
When one country takes control of another for resources or markets.
Select ALL the items that are reasons for Imperialism.
Social
Political/Military
Coup d'etat
Economic
Select ALL the items that are true about the Suez Canal.
It is a short cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
It is in Sudan
It is in Egypt
It was an important waterway when it was built and it still is today.
Select the item that does NOT belong with the others.
Dependent
Independent
Settlement
Sphere of Influence
Protectorate
Many Colonizing countries believed that they were superior to the people they colonized.
True
False
What country colonized more land in the world than any other country?
Russia
Germany
England
France
China was under the Spheres of Influence of multiple countries.
True
False
America and Australia were both Dependent colonies.
True
False
India will be controlled by England for a very short time and it is an example of a Settlement colony.
True
False
A Westerner is someone from a developed or industrialized country.
True
False
Most industrialized nations are in the Eastern Hemisphere.
True
False
Are the British indigenous to India?
Yes
No
Select ALL the items that Colonizers do within their colonies.
Expect the native population to speak the Colonizer's language
Force the native population to share their beliefs.
Steal the colonies resources
Make the native populations buy their products
Assimilation is:
When people give up their own culture to adopt a different culture.
Governing a colony the same way a parent would a child.
Paternalism is:
When people give up their own culture completely and adopt a different culture
Governing a colony the same way parents would a child.
Judging every other culture by what is accepted in your own is called:
Paternalism
Colonization
Ethnocentrism
Assimilation
Infrastructure is necessary for a country to become industrialized.
True
False
In 1884, industrialized European Colonizing countries met at the Berlin Conference and:
Carved up Africa between them with no regard for the ethnic groups that already lived there.
Restored the Balance of Power that Napoleon had destroyed.
Decided to depose Otto von Bismarck
The "Dark Continent" refers to Africa because the rest of the world knew nothing about the African interior (and called it dark).
True
False
American journalist, Henry Stanley finds Dr. Livingstone in Africa (and wrote about his travels for the newspapers).
True
False
King Leopold II of Belgium will learn about the riches of Africa from Henry Stanley and take control of 900,000 square miles. More than 10 million natives will die.
True
False
What happened to the workers in the Belgian Congo if they did not meet their production quotas?
Nothing, they just tried harder the next day
Hands were chopped off and wives & children were punished
