Topic 6.1 SAQs

SAQ 1 (No Stimulus)

Answer all parts of the question that follows.
A. Identify ONE ideology used to justify imperialism between 1750 and 1900.
B. Explain ONE way that ideology contributed to imperial expansion.
C. Provide ONE specific historical example of a person, event, or document that reflects this ideology.

SAQ 2 (Stimulus-Based)

Stimulus:
“Take up the White Man’s burden…
Send forth the best ye breed…
To serve your captives’ need…” — Rudyard Kipling, 1899
Answer all parts of the question that follows.
A. Identify ONE ideology reflected in the excerpt.
B. Explain ONE way the excerpt justifies imperialism.
C. Explain ONE way colonized peoples might have challenged the ideas expressed in the excerpt.

SAQ 3 (Stimulus-Based)

Stimulus:
“The superior races have a right, because they have a duty… They have the duty to civilize the inferior races.” — Jules Ferry, 1884
Answer all parts of the question that follows.
A. Identify ONE ideology expressed in the excerpt.
B. Explain ONE way this ideology reflects broader 19th-century beliefs about race or progress.
C. Explain ONE way this ideology influenced imperial policy or actions.

SAQ 4 (No Stimulus)

Answer all parts of the question that follows.
A. Identify ONE way nationalism contributed to imperial expansion in the 19th century.
B. Explain ONE way nationalism differed from religious motivations for imperialism.
C. Explain ONE similarity between nationalism and Social Darwinism as justifications for imperialism.

SAQ 5 (Comparative)

Answer all parts of the question that follows.
A. Identify ONE similarity in how European and non-European empires justified imperialism.
B. Identify ONE difference in how European and non-European empires justified imperialism.
C. Explain ONE reason for the difference you identified in part B.