Unit 7.4 - 7.7

Question 1

Charles Darwin

Answer 1

English naturalist who wrote On the Origin of Species

Question 2

Thomas Malthus

Answer 2

Argued that a growing population competed for limited resources so the unfit would be weeded out

Question 3

Herbert Spencer

Answer 3

English sociologist and philosopher
Developed Social Darwinism

Question 4

Friedrich Nietzsche

Answer 4

German philosopher who questioned the fundamental cultural values of Western philosophy and morality

Question 5

Georges Sorel

Answer 5

French philosopher who argued that social change required revolutionary action; believed in the overthrowing of the church and the state, replacing the smith a government based on labour unions.

Question 6

Sigmund Freud

Answer 6

Austrian neurologist nd the founder of psychoanalysis

Question 7

Albert Einstein

Answer 7

Developed the theories of special and general relativity (space, time)

Question 8

Max planck

Answer 8

German physicist
Developed quantum theory

Question 9

Eugenics

Answer 9

Aimed to approve the human race by eliminating “undesirables”

Question 10

Irrationalism

Answer 10

Believed that conflict and struggle led to progress and suggested that life be explained not only by the rational methods of science but also by the spirit

Question 11

Modernism

Answer 11

Rejected all traditional belief system and moral codes as hypocritical or outdated

Question 12

National selection

Answer 12

Species change or evolve

Question 13

Psycho analysis

Answer 13

Therapy to study the unconscious mind in order to resolve and understand problems

Question 14

Social darwinism

Answer 14

Struggles for humans for existence

Question 15

Theory of evolution

Answer 15

Argued that humans are a descended from primate ancestors

Question 16

King Leopold II of Belgium

Answer 16

treated the Congo as his own private property and used the people as slave labor

Question 17

Rudyard Kipling

Answer 17

British subject living in India wrote the poem “The White Man’s Burden” in 1899.

Question 18

Louis Pasteur

Answer 18

French Chemist that formulated the germ theory

Question 19

Joseph Lister

Answer 19

British surgeon looked for the cause of infections
Determined they were caused by contaminants
determined the need to sterilize medical tools and workspace

Question 20

Sir Humphry Davy

Answer 20

British Chemist developed anesthesia

Question 21

David Livingstone

Answer 21

Scottish missionary. One of the first people to go into the interior of Africa while spreading christianity. Treated the natives. Died from Malaria and Dysentery.

Question 22

Henry Stanley

Answer 22

Sent to find David Livingstone
Returned to Africa and mapped the interior
Worked with Leopold II thinking he was there for humanitarian aid and he ruined Stanley’s image.

Question 23

Cecil Rhodes

Answer 23

English imperialist who founded De Beers diamond Mine

Question 24

Joseph Conrad

Answer 24

visited the Congo
He wrote the Heart of Darkness telling about the moral treatment of the people in the Congo by Leopold II the king of Belgium

Question 25

Edmund D. Morel

Answer 25

spoke about the unethical trading practices in the Congo

Question 26

John Hobson

Answer 26

British economist that believed that imperialism jeopardized the wealth of a nation.

Question 27

Commodore Matthew Perry

Answer 27

threatened to attack if Japan did not allow more foreign trade.

Question 28

Jules Ferry

Answer 28

French man who helped colonize western Africa and wanted to spread Christianity

Question 29

Otto von bismark

Answer 29

German Prime Minister who called the Berlin Conference

Question 30

Wilhelm II

Answer 30

Dismissed Bismark in 1890 and Germany adopted a more aggressive foreign policy

Question 31

Berlin conference

Answer 31

European powers established guidelines for “carving up” of Africa for colonization

Question 32

Age of Imperialism

Answer 32

A time period around 1870 when developed nations were taking over less developed areas to expand their own power

Question 33

Balance of trade

Answer 33

A total value of exports greater than the value of imports

Question 34

Germ theory

Answer 34

Disease caused by microorganisms

Question 35

Telegraph

Answer 35

Undersea cables were developed which connected colonies to other continents

Question 36

Zulu Resistance

Answer 36

Against British - it was unsuccessful

Question 37

Ethiopian Resistance

Answer 37

Against Italy - it was successful

Question 38

Sepoy Rebellion

Answer 38

Against the British in India - unsuccessful. Resulted in the British government taking direct control of India from the British East India company.

Question 39

Sepoy

Answer 39

Indian soldiers - most were religiously Hindu or Muslim and they resented the growing presence of Christians

Question 40

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 40

In China - attacked the capital city Peking

Question 41

Meiji Restoration

Answer 41

The Japanese government is overthrown and the power is restored to the Emperor of Japan. The government built schools factories

Question 42

In 1905 who did Japan defeat?

Answer 42

Russia

Question 43

1910 what country did Japan seize control of?

Answer 43

Korea

Question 44

Term referred to Great Britain in Age of Imperialism

Answer 44

Sun Never Set on the British Empire

Question 45

3 ways to study unconscious thoughts

Answer 45

Dream analysis Free association Hypnosis

Question 46

3 parts of the mind and describe them

Answer 46

Id - Devil Ego - Angel Superego - Combo

Question 47

2 purposes for colonies

Answer 47

Resources New market

Question 48

2 African countries that were not colonized during the age of imperialism

Answer 48

Liberia Ethiopia

Question 49

3 countries that make up Indochina

Answer 49

Vietnam Laos Cambodia

Question 50

2 ways colonies in the age of imperialism benefited

Answer 50

Medical advances Better infrastructure

Question 51

Why European people were able to colonize Africans so easily

Answer 51

Military Weapons New way to fight diseases Communication