Beginnings of New Imperialism
What invention allowed European nations to explore and deliver weaponry at a faster pace?
A. automobile
B. steam engine
C. hydraulic engine
D. water loom
B. steam engine
What do you call a distant territory belonging to or under the rule of an outside government that controls its people?
A. colony
B. spheres of influence
C. nations
D. city-states
A. colony
Some elites, such as who, used their British education to launch successful struggles against British imperialism?
A. Charles Darwin
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Abdul Ghaftar Khan
D. Mohandas Gandhi
D. Mohandas Gandhi
Europeans justified colonization by expressing a desire to spread Western what to colonized people?
A. peace and love
B. cotton and tea
C. religion and education
D. culture and language
C. religion and education
What is the term for the action by which one nation is able to control usually smaller or weaker nations?
A. spheres of influence
B. eugenitics
C. imperialism
D. protectorates
C. imperialism
The British won a war with China after it tried to stop the sale of what product coming from India that was harming Chinese society?
A. opium
B. oil
C. tea
D. cocoa beans
A. opium
What event transformed Western European nations into politically and economically powerful countries?
A. The Industrial Revolution
B. World War I
C. The Stock Market Boom
D. The Renaissance
A. The Industrial Revolution
By 1917, what continent was almost entirely under colonial control?
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. North America
D. Africa
D. Africa
Which of these is NOT typically a characteristic of imperialism?
A. Promoting the complete political and economic independence of the colonized territiories
B. Economic exploitation of conquered lands
C. Political domination over foreign territories
D. Imposing the culture and language of the colonizing power
A. Promoting the complete political and economic independence of the colonized territiories
What is the process of transforming from an agrarian and handcraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing?
A. Globalization
B. Urbanization
C. Industrialization
D. Colonization
C. Industrialization
Why did most native rulers cooperate with European colonizers?
A. they wanted to be overthrown
B. They saw advantages for collaboration
C. They were forced at gunpoint
D. They were all friends with Europeans
B. They saw advantages for collaboration
What was a major economic motive for European imperialism?
A. desire for democracy
B. need for raw materials and new markets
C. population control
D. religious freedom
B. need for raw materials and new markets
The chaotic rush of European nations to colonize Africa and exploit its resources was called what?
Scramble for Africa