Final Exam! Flashcards
(44 cards)
List 6 forces of motives behind Imperialism
- Need for natural resources (raw materials) to keep industry
- Desire for new market to sell their goods
- Competition for world power
- Racism belief that European cultures
- Beliefs that it was European responsibly
- Chitianizen the heathen world
Racism was reflected in the social theory known as _______. (Survival of the fittest)
Social Darwinism
_____ was the only country in Africa to successfully resist European colonialism.
Ethiopia
The West African country of ______, was started by the USbas a heaven for ex-slaves.
Liberia
Name and give a brief description of the four forms of imperialism
- Colony country/territory is governed internally by foreign power.
- Protector country/territory is governed by its own leaders but is under the power of an outside power aka “puppet stage”
- Sphere of influence country/territory foreign power has exclusive trading rights
- Economic imperialism country/territory is controlled by private business rather then government.
What was the major purpose of the Berlin Conference?
For the Europeans to divide up Africa
What two European countries received the “lions share” of Africa?
France & Britain
What two valuable natural resources did South Africa contain? What was war fought over these resources?
Rubber & ivory, gold & diamonds
Boer War
___1___ was a British businessman who amassed s huge fortune in Africa and started his own country known as ___2___ . Later this country was renamed ___3___
1= Cecil Rhodes 2= Rhodesia 3= Zimbabue
____ was the dominant “world power” of the age
Great Britain
____ is a policy in which a weaker nation is expected to give up its own culture and adapt the European culture.
Assimilation
What was meant by the saying “The sun never sets on the British Empire?
That it was so large that it was always daylight somewhere in the empire.
Why was Africa known as the “Dark Continent”?
Was so unknown by the Europeans.
____ was a Scottish missionary doctor who was the first European to explore Africa.
David Livingstone
Why did Joseph Conrad white “The Heart of Darkness”?
Attempt to justify imperialism, reason why we must civilize them.
____ is an interest in the taking of the land for its strategic location or products.
Geopolitics
What American was sent out to find Dr. livingstone in Africa? Upon finding him what famous line did he quote?
Henry Stanley. “Dr. Livingstone I presume”
The name given to Dutch farmers was ____.
Boers
______ wrote the poem, “the white man’s burden”. What supposedly was their burden?
King Leopoldo ll.
Civilizing the world.
______made the Congo into his own personal plantation.
King Leopoldo ll
What area was known as the “crossroads of the world”? Why was it called this?
The middle east, it connected three countries
What was known as the “lifeline of the British Empire”?
Sevz
The ____ , are countries that border the pacific ocean.
Pacific rim/ ring of fire
What is the Dutch Indies called today?
Indonesia
