What were the primary motivations for European colonialism?

What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER:
They included a desire for adventure, discovery of water routes to the Far East, evangelization, and a desire to obtain wealth.

Anthropology & Archaeology

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The theoretical analysis of interaction between culture and environment that argued that particular cultures evolved independently of others is called:

a. multilinear evolution. b. unilineal evolution. c. universal evolution. d. neoevolutionism. e. solitary evolution.

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The presence of sea shells and Baltic amber at sites hundreds of kilometers from the sources of these materials indicate that:

a. Neandertals were enslaved by Cro-Magnon populations. b. Upper Paleolithic peoples engaged in long-distance trade. c. Upper Paleolithic peoples possessed the wheel. d. fossil fuel use was common by 35,000 years ago. e. the deserts were becoming covered with glaciers.

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What has most affected the rise of warfare among human societies?

a. mobility of individuals b. rise of state religions c. scare resources d. food production

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All of the following would be considered rites of purification except:

a. smudging b. baptism c. fasting d. wedding

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