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history - imperialism Test

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of 15 available terms

5 Written Questions

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state
  2. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
  3. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
  4. the application of darwinism to the study of human society, specifically a theory in sociology that individuals or groups achieve advantage over others as the result of genetic or biological superiority
  5. Dutch settlers in Cape Colony, in southern Africa

5 True/False Questions

  1. imperiamismthe desire of one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations & caused tensions in Europe as nations competed for colonies in all parts of the world

          

  2. Suez Canala ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea

          

  3. paternalismthe desire of one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations & caused tensions in Europe as nations competed for colonies in all parts of the world

          

  4. racismBritish dominion over India (1757-1947)

          

  5. "Jewel in the Crown"the British colony of India--- so called because of its importance in the British empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods