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fox · **on:** Sep 11, 2019

Question 1

All of the following were results of European colonialism in Africa except

a. the spread of Islam.
b. a native wage scale that was inferior to that of the Europeans.
c. Africans were usually restricted to unskilled or semi-skilled jobs.
d. little opportunity for the native population to obtain professional or managerial positions.
e. a mixed heritage of imperialism.

Question 2

The Social Darwinist philosophy of Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner claimed that

a. workers, who were fitter than businessmen, would eventually triumph.
b. communities need to band together and eliminate slums.
c. human progress depends on an active government that protects the weak from the powerful.
d. powerful entrepreneurs benefit humanity by their accomplishments.