Question

A)
Which statement correctly summarizes a motivation for imperialism?
(1 point)
Social Darwinism motivated Europeans to make the colonized peoples their equals.
Military technology inspired Europeans to conquer parts of Africa.
Malaria medication motivated Europeans to conquer Africa.
Europeans were motivated by a desire to “civilize” Indigenous peoples

Answer 1

Europeans were motivated by a desire to “civilize” Indigenous peoples.

(That "civilizing mission" or "White Man’s Burden" was a common ideological justification for imperialism; social Darwinism justified domination rather than equality, while military technology and quinine were enabling factors, not primary motives.)