Question 1

What is imperialism?

Accepted Answer

Policy of expanding a country through military power and force

Question 2

How did losing the American colonies impact Britain's imperialism?

Accepted Answer

Since they lost the American colonies, Britain looked to expand to other parts of the world

Question 3

What was Formosa?

Accepted Answer

A small republic that formerly occupied Taiwan

(Japan seized control of Formosa during the Sino-Japanese War)

Question 4

What was the first Sino-Japanese War?

Accepted Answer

A conflict between the Qing Dynasty and Japan over the control of Korea

(Japan won control over Korea; 1894-1895)

Question 5

What were phrenologists?

Accepted Answer

Pseudo-scientists that claimed non-Whites were inferior due to the shape and size of their skulls

(proven false)

Question 6

How was science misused to justify imperialism?

Accepted Answer

Pseudo-scientists such as phrenologists falsely used science to claim non-Whites were inferior

This attitude caused colonizers to see themselves as benevolent protectors

Question 7

Who was Charles Darwin?

Accepted Answer

British scientist that created the theory of evolution

Question 8

What is Social Darwinism?

Accepted Answer

The belief that the "fittest" societies were the ones that became most powerful

Often used to justify imperialism and falsely claim White biological superiority

(created from applying Darwin's theory to society; Darwin himself was not a Social Darwinist)

Question 9

How did religious motives influence imperialism?

Accepted Answer

Many missionaries were sent into colonies and often converted indigenous people to their religion (primarily Christianity)

Question 10

How did colonizers often "unify" their colonies?

Accepted Answer

Often merged multiple diverse colonies into a single colony, and introduced their language which helped unify the colonies

Question 11

Who was David Livingstone?

Accepted Answer

A Scottish missionary that worked in Sub-Saharan Africa to end the illegal slave trade

Question 12

Why could the British East India Company form a monopoly on British trade with India?

Accepted Answer

The English monarch gave the EIC a royal charter in 1600

Question 13

What was the British East India Company?

Accepted Answer

A joint-stock company that had a monopoly on British trade in India, and became Britain's managing agency in India

Eventually expanded itself all the way from the Persian Gulf to East Asia

Question 14

What was the Dutch East India Company?

(Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC)

Accepted Answer

Dutch megacorporation that had a monopoly on trade in the Indian Ocean

(eventually got corrupt and in debt, so the government took control of it in 1799; largest company to ever exist)

6.1 - Rationales for Imperialism, AP World History: Modern Flashcards