Imperialism Review

Question 1

Before being colonized, what were many of the traditional societies’ economic systems based on?

Accepted Answer

agriculture

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a main factor motivating Imperialism?

Accepted Answer

world peace

Question 3

How did the colonizers feel about natural resources in a colonized territory?

Accepted Answer

were justified in taking them

Question 4

What are natives to a region called?

Accepted Answer

indigenous

Question 5

To extend a nation’s power over another country to gain political, economic, or social control

Accepted Answer

Imperialism

Question 6

The main factor that motivated imperialism during the late 19th & early 20th centuries...

Accepted Answer

acquisition of new markets and

Question 7

What is unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power?

Accepted Answer

oppression

Question 8

What happened to the native African areas during Imperialism?

Accepted Answer

nearly the whole continent was taken over by Europeans

Question 9

What is the philosophy that led colonizers to view indigenous people as inferior?

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 10

Most of the profits from development and mining in the colonies went to the ?

Accepted Answer

European colonizers

Question 11

During imperialism, which country had the largest colonial empire?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 12

taking advantage of the resources and labor of a colony for the benefit of the mother country

Accepted Answer

exploitation

Question 13

What is a territory taken over by an imperialistic power called?

Accepted Answer

colony

Question 14

Needing money and having to answer to someone are examples of how a colony is like a ________?

Accepted Answer

teenager

Question 15

What impacts of imperialism are still present in countries that used to be colonies?

Accepted Answer

language

Question 16

What was the main motive for the British attraction to South Africa?

Accepted Answer

strategic reasons and natural resources

Questions 16