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Module 17 Lesson 1 & 2 Vocab

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially.

1.

imperialism

b)

the belief that one race is superior to others.

2.

racism

c)

the application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies—particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.

3.

Social Darwinism

2.

A meeting in 1884–1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa.

a)

The Split Africa Meeting

b)

Berlin Conference

c)

Congress of Vienna

d)

Munich Conference

3.

Founder of the Zulu Empire; he reorganized the army and introduced new fighting tactics. He subdued neighboring peoples, consolidating an empire that encompassed most of southern Africa.

(a)  

4.

A Dutch colonist in South Africa.

a)

Zulu

b)

Boer

c)

Afrikaner

d)

South African

5.

A conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa.

a)

The Desert War

b)

Boer War

c)

African War

d)

World War 1

6.

Match the following

a)

An independent but less-developed country controlled by private business interests rather than other governments

1.

Economic Imperialism

b)

A country or a territory governed internally by a foreign power

2.

colony

c)

A country or a territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power

3.

protectorate

d)

An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges

4.

Sphere of Influence

7.

A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights.

a)

paternalism

b)

maternalism

c)

familialism

d)

assimilation

8.

the adoption of a conqueror’s culture by a conquered people

a)

accute reaction

b)

paternalism

c)

assimilation

d)

defeatism

9.

Emperor of Ethiopia after 1889; he gained Ethiopian independence from Italy in 1896. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Menelik II
Gandhi
Hulka
Tupac Amaru