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Review: Continents and causes of imperialism

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

What is a continent?

a)

A continent is one of several large landmasses.

b)

a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

c)

geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets

d)

an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

2.

What is a nation?

a)

A continent is one of several large landmasses.

b)

a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

c)

geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets

d)

an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

3.

Which continent is this?

a)

North America

b)

China

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

4.

Which continent is this?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

South America

5.

Which continent is this? HINT it is all the way south and penguins live here (no people only scientists)

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

India

d)

Antarctica

6.

Which continent is this?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Brazil

7.

Which continent is this?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Brazil

8.

Which continent is this?

a)

Asia

b)

Mexico

c)

Europe

d)

North America

9.

Which continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

United States

d)

North America

10.

What were some ECONOMIC causes of Imperialism?

a)

need for raw materials

b)

need for markets

c)

be the best nation in the world

d)

spread Christianity

11.

What were some POLITICAL (MILITARY) causes of Imperialism?

a)

be the most powerful nation in the world

b)

need for markets

c)

bases were important fueling station and resupply stations

d)

westernize the colonies

12.

What were some SOCIAL/CULTURAL causes of Imperialism?

a)

need for raw materials

b)

new medicines to survive tropical regions

c)

the colonizers believing they are the superior race and it is their moral duty to civilize the people living in the colonies

d)

spread Christianity throughout the colonies

13.

What were some SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY causes of Imperialism?

a)

had good technology

b)

had new medicines to survive the tropical climate

c)

the colonizers believing they are the superior race and it is their moral duty to civilize the people living in the colonies

d)

steamships and railroads were used to move imperialist armies and supplies