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.
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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.
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.
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
All of the following would be considered rites of purification except:
a. smudging b. baptism c. fasting d. wedding