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Worksheets5.1 Imperialism Overview
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
When one country takes control of another for economic, political or military gain it is called?
Colonialism
Imperialism
Manifest Destiny
Nationalism
What is Imperialism?
extending your domestic policy to unite the country
extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
going to war with a country to establish peace
extending the borders and annexing a country and granting rights
European missionaries sought to convert Africans to Christianity.
True
False
Survival of the fittest, using the theory of evolution and applying it to society and people:
Social Darwinism
Communism
Class Warfare
All the above
Social Darwinism was a justification for:
Conquest based on racial prejudice
Improving factory technology
Creating an equal democratic society
Paying reparations to oppressed people
The view that a nations most "fit" to survive had the right to dominate others
Dominator
Survivalist
Social Darwinism
Winner
Countries want to use imperialism to gain colonies for all of the following reasons except
gain new resources
show their power
learn about other cultures
spreading their greatness
Who benefited most from imperialism?
European nations
Native Americans
African Kingdoms
Indian Kingdoms
Why did the Age of Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa begin?
European populations were growing at an unsustainable rate
African kingdoms invited European nations to govern their land
European nations wanted raw materials and markets for finished goods
East Asian nations needed new routes to the Americas
Which company was established to trade goods with India?
East Indie Company
West Indian Company
East India Company
West India Company
The British East India Company wanted resources from
South Africa
India
Hawaii
Korea
Which was NOT a motive behind imperialism?
the slave trade
competition for land created by nationalism
gaining natural resources or raw materials
Social Darwinism & racism
