Age of New Imperialism 1/3

Question 1

What is imperialism?

Answer 1

The domination of one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another county or region

Question 2

What were the economic motives of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 2

Industrial Revolution: Needed raw materials and needed people to buy their products
Growing population: Needed people to move and get more living space

Question 3

What were the political and military interests of the new imperialists?

Answer 3

Bases for merchant and naval ships (many countries took places from Africa as bases), national security, national prestige

Question 4

What were the humanitarian goals of imperialism?

Answer 4

To spread the “blessing of western culture”, medicine, law, Christian religion, and culture

Question 5

What was Social Darwinism?

Answer 5

Darwin’s theory of evolution was used to an advantage, with many people believing that superiority was hereditary. The European races thought that they were superior and that imperial conquest was nature’s way of improving the human species

Question 6

What country did Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, the UK, and Spain take regions from as bases?

Answer 6

Africa

Question 7

True or False: Natives that were affected by imperialism thought that their culture was being enriched and that life was getting better.

Answer 7

False: Many thought that the new imperialism was being forced on certain countries and people

Question 8

Colony

Answer 8

Territory settled in and ruled by people from another land; direct rule

Question 9

Protectorate

Answer 9

Local rulers left in place but were expected to follow the advice of European advisors on issues such as trade or missionary activity

Question 10

Sphere of Influence

Answer 10

Area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investments in trading investments, such as rules on buying and selling

Question 11

Why did the missionaries support imperialism?

Answer 11

They saw it as a way to spread Christianity, and they addressed the evils of the slave trade. They encouraged Africans to reject their own traditions in favor of western civilization.

Question 12

What was built in Africa?

Answer 12

Schools and medical clinics

Question 13

Who started a scramble for colonies?

Answer 13

King Leopold II

Question 14

What happened in the scramble for Africa?

Answer 14

European countries fought for Africa

Question 15

Where in Africa did European rulers focus on, and why?

Answer 15

The Congo River Basin because it flowed all throughout Africa and had excellent materials such as rubber and ivory

Question 16

What happened during the Berlin Conference?

Answer 16

The countries agreed that they didn’t want to go to war and split up Africa

Question 17

What happened 20 years later due to the imperialism in Africa?

Answer 17

Turbulence took place in Africa, and there was unrest between tribes. Half of the Congo people died from malnutrition, exhaustion, and murder.

Question 18

What happened in the East Africa Food Crisis of 2011

Answer 18

There were droughts and no clean water

Question 19

In 1859, what did French entrepreneur Ferdinand de Lessaps build?

Answer 19

A 100-mile canal that linked the Mediterranean and Red Seas

Question 20

What did Ferdinand de Lessaps’ 100-mile canal shorten the sea route between?

Answer 20

Europe and Asia

Question 21

Why did Britain gain control of the canal?

Answer 21

Disraeli, the prime minister, bought shares when Egypt sold it to repay debt

Question 22

Whoever controlled the canal controlled ________.

Answer 22

trade

Question 23

How did the Egyptians react when Britain made Egypt a protectorate Nationalist?R

Answer 23

They felt discontent, with protests and riots simmering

Question 24

How was Iran affected by imperialism?

Answer 24

Russia and Britain set up a sphere of influence because they wanted control of Iran’s oil fields

Question 25

What did the Muslim Turks do to the Christian Armenians?

Answer 25

The Muslim Turks distrusted the Christian Armenians and accused them of supporting Russian plans over the Ottoman Empire. The Christian Armenians protested repressive Ottoman policies, so sultans had tens of thousands slaughtered.