Deck 37: India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

Question 1

The first European power in India and Southeast Asia was

A) Spain.
B) Great Britain.
C) Portugal.
D) France.
E) Germany.

Answer 1

Portugal.

Question 2

Elaborate on the Great Mutiny of 1857 and its significance to Indian history.

Answer 2

Answers would include the sepoys,religious beliefs,company loss of control,establishment of royal territory under the crown,and education.

Question 3

Robert Clive

A) apparently accepted bribes.
B) was the last of the East India Company leaders in India.
C) ran India in a very direct manner.
D) returned to Britain in abject poverty.
E) All of the options are correct.

Answer 3

apparently accepted bribes.

Question 4

Describe the social issues Indians faced under British rule.

Question 5

Discuss the factors that led to British rule in India.

Question 6

All of the following were raw materials extracted out of India by the British EXCEPT

A) spices.
B) porcelain.
C) tea.
D) cotton.
E) silk.

Question 7

Which of the following was an obstacle to early British business in India?

A) Local leaders.
B) East India Company employees.
C) European rivals in the area.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 8

The beginning of the end for the Mughals is usually associated with which of the following?

A) The arrival of the Portuguese.
B) The founding of Buddhism.
C) The death of Aurangzeb.
D) The arrival of Islam.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 9

India has a long history of

A) overland trade with Europe.
B) Buddhist leaders.
C) matriarchy.
D) foreign migration and conquest.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 10

Describe the British attitude toward India and how that is reflected in their policies.Be specific.

Question 11

In the years following French colonization there,Vietnam became a major exporter of

A) sugarcane and rubber.
B) rubber and rice.
C) sugarcane and tin.
D) cotton and rice.
E) sugarcane and cotton.

Question 12

Compare and contrast the various Southeast Asian areas and their experience with Europe.

Question 13

Nawab refers to

A) the Mughal military.
B) Mughal local leaders.
C) European trained Indian troops.
D) the last Mughal leader.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 14

One of the key reasons the British lost the Afghanistan Wars was because

A) the British rule in India was too harsh at the time for them to gain much support.
B) the climate was much too hot and humid for the soldiers.
C) the British underestimated their enemy.
D) the British had few weapons.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 15

Europeans justified their actions and their consequences on the basis of which of the following intellectuals?

A) Darwin
B) Rousseau
C) Locke
D) Marx
E) Engels

Question 16

Elaborate on life under the British East India Company rule.

Question 17

Lord Cornwallis

A) initially fired the corrupt officials.
B) introduced English common law.
C) issued a policy of toleration.
D) discouraged Christian missionary activity.
E) All of the options are correct

Question 18

The European nation with the most significant impact on India was

A) France.
B) Portugal.
C) Great Britain.
D) Spain.
E) Germany.

Question 19

Which of the following best describes how Mughal leaders first viewed Europeans?

A) Serious threats
B) Role models
C) Vital
D) Unimportant
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 20

The Great Game mostly took place in

A) Russia.
B) India.
C) Afghanistan.
D) Burma.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 21

The Battle of ____________________ secured the British hold over the French in India.

Question 22

All of the following are true of the Great Mutiny of 1857 EXCEPT

A) it had nothing to do with British expansion.
B) it was a sepoy revolt.
C) it reveals the ignorance of the British regarding Indian culture.
D) many atrocities were committed.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 23

The only Southeast Asian nation to remain independent was

A) Burma.
B) Vietnam.
C) Cambodia.
D) Philippines.
E) Thailand.

Question 24

The Java War finally established Dutch sovereignty over

A) Vietnam.
B) Indonesia.
C) Polynesia.
D) Hawaii.
E) Korea.

Question 25

The justification for French military intervention in Vietnam was officially

A) political.
B) religious.
C) economic.
D) scientific.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 26

The Act of Abolition benefitted which of the following most?

A) Indian men
B) British crown
C) Merchants
D) Missionaries
E) Indian women

Question 27

Sir Thomas Raffles was associated with which of the following?

A) Burma
B) Philippines
C) Vietnam
D) Singapore
E) Laos

Question 28

In Southeast Asia,the French colonial possessions were known collectively as the ____________________ of ____________________.

Question 29

Which of the following best describes the way most Indians felt toward the British "civilizing" policies?

A) Thankfulness
B) Resentment
C) Guilt
D) Regret
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 30

The Java War

A) was a bloodless take over.
B) ended in a British victory.
C) established Dutch sovereignty over Indonesia.
D) allowed Raffles to build a base at Singapore.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 31

Most of mainland Southeast Asians followed which of the following?

A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
E) Shinto

Question 32

European trained Indian troops were ____________________.

Question 33

For many years,beginning in the last half of the 1800s,Vietnam was under the colonial oversight of

A) Belgium.
B) the Dutch.
C) Britain.
D) France.
E) Spain.

Question 34

One of the noteworthy results of British efforts to educate Indians was which of the following?

A) The British leaders learned more in Indian culture than Indian students learned of British culture.
B) Indians took European ideas to argue for independence.
C) Literacy rates actually declined.
D) The demand for British goods increased.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 35

Thailand's continuing independence is largely attributable to

A) the conflict between Vietnam and Burma.
B) the determination of the Thai people.
C) the protection afforded by the Qing emperors in China.
D) the desire of the Thai people to modernize their country.
E) the desire of Europeans for a buffer between their respective colonies.

Question 36

In Malaya,most of the migrants brought into work by the British were

A) Chinese.
B) Javanese.
C) Burmese.
D) Philippine.
E) Both B and C are correct.

Question 37

The first British East India Company governor of India was ____________________.

Question 38

Most of island Southeast Asians followed which of the following?

A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
E) Jainism

Question 39

The "culture system" the Dutch implemented in Indonesia

A) brought a sense of calm and acceptance to the region.
B) used the Indonesians as extremely low wage labor and made huge profits for themselves.
C) failed after just a few years, because the Indonesians refused to work under those circumstances.
D) helped the Dutch transform their private commercial venture into a working colonial government.
E) helped the Dutch recover the islands' chief resources, tin and rubber.

Question 40

The British government ended company rule in India after which of the following?

A) The Great Mutiny of 1857.
B) The Act of Abolition.
C) The Afghanistan Wars.
D) The great famines.
E) The formation of the Indian National Congress.

Question 41

As a result of British agrarian policies in India,a major problem became severe ____________________.

Question 42

The ____________________ were the Europeans who ended up in control of the East Indies,a matter pretty much decided by the ____________________.

Question 43

Among the Southeast Asian nations,only ____________________ remained free of European colonization,and that was in part because the Europeans rather liked having a(n)____________________ between their respective colonies.

Question 44

The Great Mutiny of 1857 began in ____________________.

Question 45

The push in education produced the ____________________.

Question 46

____________________ founded Singapore for the British.