Why did European states invent moral justifications for violently seizing other peoples' land?
A. their view of themselves as modern and civilized
B. in recognition of one of the tenets of Social Superiority theory
C. in attempting to apply the theory of ethnocentrism
D. None of these answers is correct.
Answer: A
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Why did American missionaries want to "Christianize" the Philippines?
a. Many American missionaries may have felt that Roman Catholicism was not a legitimate form of Christianity or that it was not being properly practiced by Filipinos. b. Most Filipinos were not Christian, and American missionaries felt it was their obligation to convert them. c. Most Filipinos were Christian, but American missionaries wanted to annex the Philippines for money, so they told President McKinley otherwise. d. Although many missionaries had tried to "Christianize" the Filipinos, they resisted culturally and religiously. e. American missionaries knew that "Christianizing" the Filipinos would make it easier to govern and control them.
Which of the following is not true about the Inca?
A) ?The state interfered little in the economy. B) ?They had no formal writing system. C) ?Conquered men were forced into the military. D) ?They were skilled surgeons. E) ?They had a well-organized empire.
Andrew Jackson's presidential victory in 1828 was
A. an overwhelming victory. B. decisive, but sectional. C. a result of the support he received from New England states. D. extremely narrow. E. likely a product of corrupt voting in several key states.
The policy that Spanish Christian rulers followed during the reconquest in distributing lands, houses, and property of Muslims to Christians was known as
A) reconquista. B) arrangemento. C) parlemento D) repartimiento. E) None of these are correct.