HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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Christian missionaries wanted to preach toleration of all religions.
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Christian missionaries wanted to build a government office in the interior of Africa.
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Christian missionaries wanted to replace African cultures with their own
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.Christian missionaries wanted to study African cultures and customs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following statements about Christian missionaries in Africa is true? CORRECT: Christian missionaries wanted to replace African cultures with their own. EXPLANATION: To most missionaries, African cultures and religions were “degraded, ‘’ and they urged Africans to embrace Western civilization.
Detailed explanation-2: -The desire of the missionaries was that the Africans abandon their religion and culture and adopt western religion and culture, which they hoped would facilitate the extension of colonialism.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the downside, Christianity led to the demise of the African customs, which it viewed as pagan and evil; the religion also led to the implementation of apartheid (to which it gave its theological support), and undermined the leadership role of women.
Detailed explanation-4: -Missionaries preach the Christian faith (and sometimes to administer sacraments), and provide humanitarian aid. Christian doctrines (such as the “Doctrine of Love” professed by many missions) permit the provision of aid without requiring religious conversion.
Detailed explanation-5: -The London Missionary Society sent David Livingstone to South Africa in 1840, where he became one of the first Europeans to traverse the continent.