Imperialism Study Guide

Which of the following contributed to European Imperialism

All of the Above

Proponents of "scientific racism" argued that

All of these answers are correct.

Which of the following best reflects the main goal of the division of Africa into the various European possessions represented in the above map?

Access to raw materials and labor

Which of the following WAS NOT an economic motivation for imperialism?

European and American industry needed more sources of coal.

In our examination of Imperialism, which of the following can be seen as a benefit of European colonization of Africa and Asia?

Introduction of western ideas such as socialist, liberalism and democracy

Europeans justified the partitioning of Africa (seen in the map above) by which of the following belief ideology?

The belief in the cultural superiority of the white race

Cecil Rhodes was

a leading British imperialist active in South Africa

The division of Africa into the various European possessions represented in the above map was most directly a result of:

economic rivalries among European industrialized nations

One direct long-term effect of the Partition of Africa as depicted in the map above was:

escalating conflicts and rivalries among competing European nations

The Berlin West Africa Conference in 1884-1885 established:

that, if a European power indicated its intention to colonize and then proceeded to occupy an African territory, it could claim that colony.

The colonization of the Belgian Congo is noted for:

the brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II.

The "white man's burden" proposed by Rudyard Kipling refers to:

the moral duty of the west to work to "civilize" the rest of the world.