American Imperialism
Africa and Congo
True or False
India
Miscellaneous
100
What was the law that allowed the government to negotiate fairly, peacefully, and without force, the removal of Native Americans from the United States South East regions.
What is the Indian Removal Act
100
A meeting by European Nations to divide up Africa for themselves is known as what?
What is The Berlin Conference
100
America annexed Texas after the Mexican American war.
What is False
100
A soldier in the British East India Company was known as a what?
What is a Sepoy
100
Belief that your traditions, culture, and way of life are better than another is called what?
What is Cultural Superiority
200
Sugar grew in abundance there and it was a good stop for ships on the way to trade with Asia.
What is Hawaii
200
He was an Anti-Apartheid leader who was imprisoned on Robben Island and later became the first black president of South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela
200
Many Africans were invited to the Berlin Conference in order to have a say in how their continent would be split up.
What is False
200
What was the violent fight between the Indians soldiers from the British East India Company and the British called?
What is The Sepoy Rebellion
200
Items grown for the purpose of sale for profit, not for your own consumption, are known as what?
What are cash crops
300
Who is the President who believed in Manifest Destiny "the Belief that the US was destined by God to expand all the way to the Pacific ocean"
Who is James K. Polk
300
King Leopold II was known for oppressing what part of Africa
What is The Congo
300
Americans wanted to take over the SE United States because they believed it would be a good location to grow cotton.
What is True
300
What company had power over 3/5 of India, made laws, and had their own private army?
What is the British East India Company
300
Treating others as though they are children and need your help is referred to as what?
What is Paternalism
400
The name of the Treaty to end Mexican-American War and gave the United States most of what is known today as the US Southwest states AND Mexico had to acknowledge and accept that Texas was annexed by the US.
What is the Treaty of Hidalgo
400
Which of the following are reasons the Europeans were able to take over Africa so easily? a) Europeans had quinine. b) Europeans had machine guns/superior weapons. c) Europeans had railroads and steamships. d) All of the above
What is "D"
400
Andrew Jackson did not want to sign the Indian Removal Act but Congress made him.
What is False
400
After the Sepoy Rebellion, who took control of India from the British East India Company?
What is the British Government
400
Europeans felt that they were better than other people around the world because of their superior genetics and that it did not matter if they were taking control.
What is Social Darwinism
500
The Belief that people of European descent had the responsibility and obligation to help the people of the world is known as what?
What is "The White Man's Burden"
500
What were the conditions in Africa prior to Imperialism that made it easier for Europeans to take over the continent?
What were: The Africans were disunited and did not work together, they did not have weapons or technology, and they did not understand the European motives.
500
The apartheid in South Africa is an example of oppression.
What is True
500
What were 2 of the major change(s) that Britain tried to bring to India?
What were: Social/Cultural changes, Christianity, and Western education
500
28) Which of the following is NOT a lasting impact of Imperialism? a) Africa was stripped (depleted/little left behind) of many of its own resources. b) Disrespect to Hindu and Muslim Indians by the British. c) California and Arizona are a part of the United States. d) Native Americans live on reservations.
What is "B"
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