AP test 12

Question 1

Age of imperialism?

Answer 1

height of European powers. Africa mostly conquered, empire building highly competitive.

Question 2

European jobs in africa that had conflicting interests in AOI

Answer 2

missionaries, civil administrators, settlers, soldiers, profiteers.

Question 3

2 inventions allowed eueropeans to conquer africa super easily?

Answer 3

machine guns and better medicine (survive african diseases)

Question 4

“scramble for africa?”

Answer 4

African last contintent “open” for colonixzation. Many european powers competed over it dur to technological avances.

Question 5

Berlin Conference?

Answer 5

European ovuntries met to discuss how africa would be conoquereed.

Question 6

Social Darwinishm.

Answer 6

Racially motivated, financially motivated, thoughts thinking one group was superior thna the other. Natural selectio and evolution used to justify.

Question 7

Paternalism and how does it relate to AOI

Answer 7

Racist/dehumanizing idea about superior peoples desire to help inferior people (becuase thay “cant help themselves”) common during imperialism era

Question 8

Eugenics movement about?

Answer 8

goal was to control human reproduction so only desirable traits would survive. Led to sterilizations, marraige restrictions, abortions, etc.

Question 9

negative consequenses for AOI

Answer 9

• Economic exploitation: conrtolled exports, taxes collected for the first time in cash.
• problematic borders
• indirect rule
• covilizing mission controversial
• racism and racist policies.
• overhunting
• horrific violence

Question 10

Canadas independece story and status with british empire

Answer 10

They wanted more power and more freedom, they feared the us military after civil war, so 1867 became dominion. Technically still run by british monarch.

Question 11

Positive consequences for AOI

Answer 11

• Technology was spread
• morally bad institutions stopped
• less tribal violence
  civilizing mission spread enlightenment ideas
• rule of law
• private property
• Western languages spread
• religion spread

Question 12

8 Great Britain

Answer 12

Government: Constitutional manarchy, parliament = house of lords.
Pax Britannica, 1815-1914 #1 navy.
Dominions = became the commonwealth system in 1931
Religion: Protestant Christianity (Angalican, episcopalian, churhc of england)
Justification: 3 C’s (commerce, christianity, civilization.

Question 13

France by 1914

Answer 13

Government: democratic republic
Empire: #2 largest empire
wanted revenge from losing France/prussian war 1870-71
religion = catholic
Paris = #1 city for high art
justification of Empire: civilizing mission
tried to assimilate natives into being french

Question 14

germany by 1914

Answer 14

Germany became a country in 1871
Prussia defeated France in war (1870-71)
Government: Monarchy (kaiser=king)
empire: #3 overseas empire
Weltpolitik = policy to buuluuid germany into a world power
religon= protestant/catholic christians
economy = rising economy, huge industrial power, high standard of living, etc.