Question

Which statement correctly summarizes a motivation for imperialism?(1 point)
Responses

Social Darwinism motivated Europeans to make the colonized peoples their equals.
Social Darwinism motivated Europeans to make the colonized peoples their equals.

Military technology inspired Europeans to conquer parts of Africa.
Military technology inspired Europeans to conquer parts of Africa.

Malaria medication motivated Europeans to conquer 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.

(“Civilizing” or humanitarian rhetoric — often called the “white man’s burden” — was a common ideological justification for imperial expansion.)