history oop Flashcards
A policy of conquering and ruling other nations was called:
Imperialism
TOF - Exploring unknown lands was a major cause of imperialism
FALSE
What were some major causes of imperialism?
To find new markets to sell goods, to spread Christianity, and to increase global power
The belief that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better was called:
Social Darwinism
The phrase “White man’s burden” has come to represent the idea:
Europeans had a duty to help other nations improve
An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges is called:
A Sphere of Influence
A country/territory with its own internal gov’t but under the control of an outside power is called:
A protectorate
A country/territory governed internally by a foreign power is called:
A colony
TOF - Europeans were able to move into the African interior because of new vaccines, better weapons, and steamships
True
European leaders met at the where to make rules for colonizing Africa
Berlin Conference
What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85:
Europeans divided Africa into colonies among themselves
TOF - Most African natives could easily hold back the Europeans because they had modern weapons
False
A policy of treating the people in a colony as if they were children is known as:
Paternalism
The war between Britain and the Dutch over claims to South Africa was called the:
Boer War
How did European imperialists cause future conflicts in African nations?
They set up boundaries that ignored ethnic differences, they left independent nations without any government, they set up unbalanced economies based on one or two crops, and they manufactured goods only useful to their country
