6.1 Rationales for Imperialism

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

The policy of establishing overseas empires.

Question 2

Sino-Japanese War

Answer 2

War between China and Japan over Japan’s incursion into China. Japan won, and gained control over Korea.

Question 3

After gaining control of Korea, Japan also seized control of what country known as Formosa until the end of World War II.

Answer 3

Taiwan

Question 4

Colonizers saw themselves as benevolent protectors of the countries they invaded. What were a few of the messed up ideas that made colonizers think they were superior to the people native to the countries they invaded.

Answer 4

• Racisim
• Cultural Bigotry
• Religious Superiority

Question 5

Phrenology

Answer 5

Psuedo-science used to justify discrimination against non-whites, claiming that smaller skull sizes proved the mental limitations of Asians, idigenous Americans, and Africans.

Question 6

Missionaries resisted the criticism that they were participants in colonization by proving to what three things they did in the areas they served.

Answer 6

1. established schools
2. provided medicine and medical care
3. advocated for the end of the slave trade

Question 7

British East India Company

Answer 7

A British company created by royal charter that monopolized trade with India.

Question 8

Dutch East India Company

Answer 8

Dutch company created by the Dutch government that monopolized trade from the Cape of Good Hope to to the Southern Tip of Africa.

Question 9

Social Darwinism

Answer 9

Theory adopted by advocates of the idea that the superiority of whites was the reason behind the spread of European and U.S. power across the world. Darwin was not a Social Darwinist, but his theory of evolution was used to justify racist ideas.