Review for Africa test

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Question 2

Nationalisam

Answer 2

patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.

Question 3

White mans burden

Answer 3

the task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies.

Question 4

Genocide

Answer 4

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

Question 5

Apartheid

Answer 5

(in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

Question 6

Ethnocentrism

Answer 6

evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture.

Question 7

Rite of passage

Answer 7

a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone’s life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death.

Question 8

Developed countries

Answer 8

Higher standerd of living

Question 9

Developing countries

Answer 9

lower standerd of living