World cultures imperialism test

____is the political, cultural, and economic domination of one country avet another territory, or colony.

Imperialism

Before the Age of Imperialism of the late-1800s, why was Africa largely unknown to the West?

1. tropical diseases in Africa's rain forests were a major danger to Europeans

2. western technology was limited in allowing Europeans to travel into Africa's interior

3. large areas of Sub-Sahara Africa had yet to be explored and mapped by European explorers

According to the theory of Social Darwinism, Europeans believed that they were justified in establishing empires because they _____

considered themselves superior and naturally selected to rule over the non-western world

During the Boer War, Great Britain fought against descendants of the ______over territory in southern Africa between 1899 and 1902.

Dutch

During the Age of Imperialism of the late-1800s, why were the European powers successful in colonizing large areas of the world?

1. the Industrial Revolution provided European countries with superior technology

2. some areas of the world that Europeans conquered were not united to oppose western imperialism

3. ruling dynasties in places like the Ottoman Empire, India, and China were in a period of decline

"I contend that we are the leading people in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit (control) the better it is for the human race....” -Great Britain's Cecil Rhodes (1877)

Which of the following best reflected the ideas expressed in the above quotation from the Age of Imperialism?

Social Darwinism