Ideologies of Empire

Question 1

Cecil Rhodes

Answer 1

Key Contributor to imperialism

Important advocate of the expansion of British Imperialism.

Over 17 years ( Diamond Monopoly)

Forced Treaties to locals ( to secure land, company and gain more power)

*Believed fundamental biological differences ( believed humans were different because of race)

*Superior vs Inferior

Question 2

Herbert Spencer

Answer 2

“Survival of the fittest”; Social Darwinism between societies and cultures

Question 3

“Race” Science

Answer 3

Race science was something that many believed. People believed that if you were a different color, you were wired differently. Biologically we are all the same, and science proves it.

Question 4

White Australia Policy

Answer 4

A policy that intentionally restricted non-white immigration to Australia
Diction Test ( how you talk, grammar, accent )
Laws that enacted on pseudo-science of social Darwinism

Question 5

Charles Darwin the origin of the species

Answer 5

Natural Selection through evolution.
Theories because he wanted evidence.
Darwin argued that plant and animal species changed through “natural selection.”
Specific environment /particular traits

Question 6

“Survival of the Fittest”

Answer 6

the continued existence of organisms that are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others, as a concept in the Darwinian theory of evolution.

Question 7

Buckland Riot, 1857

Answer 7

In Victoria State ( Australia) was only one of many acts of violence against Chinese immigrants