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A key objective of a mercantilist policy was to
a) promote warfare throughout Europe
b) establish colonies for trade benefits
c) develop assembly lines in factories
d) support the spread of communist ideas

Which policy is most directly associated with the terms spheres of influence, extraterritoriality, and protectorate?
a) collectivization
b) containment
c) isolation
d) imperialism

Which statement would Social Darwinists most likely support?
a) Stronger groups have the right to rule and control weaker groups
b) Universal suffrage is a basic human right
c) Political equality strengthens the effectiveness of government
d) Public education should be guaranteed to all members of a society

Rudyard Kipling's White Man's Burden is most closely associated with the belief that it was the duty of Western colonial powers to
a) learn from the people they conquered
b) teach their colonies how to produce manufactured goods
c) civilize the people they controlled
d) welcome less developed countries as equals

The poem White Man's Burden is most directly associated with the concept of
a) neutrality
b) appeasement
c) reparations
d) imperialism

One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to
a) gain a better understanding of unknown territories
b) ease tensions with their rivals
c) develop treatments for diseases
d) obtain markets for their manufactures goods

After 1880, European colonization was motivated by the
a) urge to acquire African technology
b) need for an increase in the production of sugar
c) desire for new markets
d) demand for labor in the Americas

In the late 19th century, most European nations required their colonial territories to
a) become industrial nations and compete in the world market
b) preserve their customs and traditions
c) import mineral resources from Europe
d) purchase manufactured goods from the colonial power

Social Darwinism and the ideas expressed in the White Man's Burden were used by Europeans to justify their policies of
a) pacifism
b) imperialism
c) communism
d) isolationism

Which economic theory, developed in the 17th century, supported European colonialism?
a) socialism
b) mercantilism
c) bartering
d) feudalism

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