Deck 24: The Age of Imperialism

Question 1

American justification of expansion within the continental United States was termed what?

A) Manifest destiny
B) Western hegemony
C) Americanism
D) National Imperative
E) Domestic imperialism

Answer 1

Manifest destiny

Question 2

Which of the following was not a motivation for imperial expansion?

A) Extension of political authority
B) Economic benefits from obtaining raw goods for manufacturing
C) Nationalist competition among the states of Europe
D) Religious enthusiasm
E) Extension of democratic principles

Answer 2

Extension of democratic principles

Question 3

Imperial administration was facilitated by all of the following except ______________.

A) telegraphs
B) telephones
C) railways
D) steamships
E) radios

Answer 3

radios

Question 4

Which of the following was not an area of Africa colonized by Bismarck's directive?

A) Southwest Africa
B) Ghana
C) Togo
D) Camaroon
E) Tanzania

Question 5

England's colonization of Egypt was largely in response to threats of European colonial invasions by the French in ______________.

A) the Congo
B) Somalia
C) Tunisia
D) Libya
E) Tanzania

Question 6

All of the following statements about the Boer War are true except ______________.

A) casualties were extremely high
B) Britain insisted on extending its rule of the territory to cover the Dutch
C) the English won, but at great cost
D) the English established huge gold and diamond mines worked by the Boers
E) it caused Europeans to question whether imperialism was economically or morally defensible

Question 7

The product that allowed Europeans to advance into Africa's interior without fear of contracting malaria was ______________.

A) penicillin
B) aspirin
C) quinine
D) gin
E) gyoba berries

Question 8

Representatives of all the following countries attended the Berlin Conference except ______________.

A) The United States
B) The Ottoman Empire
C) France
D) Austria-Hungary
E) Congo

Question 9

Which of the following was one of the greatest threats to European expansion in Africa?

A) Native insurrection
B) Lack of infrastructure
C) Malaria
D) Inhospitable tropical climates
E) Incompatible food supplies

Question 10

The concept of European cultural supremacy is termed ______________.

A) racism
B) paternalism
C) elitism
D) ethnocentrism
E) None of these.

Question 11

In establishing colonies in Africa, Germany threatened the imperial interests of ______________.

A) England
B) France
C) Belgium
D) Holland
E) Italy

Question 12

The Congo was the personal investment of which European leader until 1908?

A) Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany
B) King Edward of England
C) Tsar Nicholas of Russia
D) King Leopold of Belgium
E) King Vittorio Emmanuel II of Italy

Question 13

What were the critical needs of Europe that pushed for imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

A) Expanded territory for the excess population
B) Resources to support a largely urbanized European population
C) Raw materials to maintain and further the economy based on industrialization
D) Promoting European superiority
E) Spreading Christianity throughout the world

Question 14

David Livingstone's attempts to convert native African populations to Christianity was done by ______________.

A) proselytizing
B) threatening violence
C) offering economic incentives
D) modeling an example
E) indoctrinating the population

Question 15

The African National Congress was established to ______________.

A) promote cultural assimilation with Europeans
B) bridge the divisions between African natives and European settlers
C) arbitrate wages and working conditions for Africans in European jobs
D) fight against the injustices of colonial rule
E) take over from the colonial administration and implement self-rule

Question 16

How many large-scale European settler colonies were there in nineteenth-century Africa?

A) One
B) Two
C) Five
D) Seven
E) Ten

Question 17

Cecil Rhodes endowed a scholarship in his name with the intention of ______________.

A) allowing students the opportunity of international travel
B) creating a community of humanitarian scholars
C) furthering the efforts of international diplomacy
D) allowing students to finish at Oxford and perpetuate English traditions
E) giving poor, lower-class students a chance for higher education

Question 18

Which European nation did not participate in the partitioning of Africa?

A) England
B) Spain
C) France
D) Belgium
E) Germany

Question 19

Where was Rudyard Kipling born?

A) England
B) Scotland
C) Ireland
D) China
E) India

Question 20

French settler colonies in Africa were established in which area?

A) Egypt
B) South Africa
C) The Congo
D) Algeria
E) Nigeria

Question 21

Jadidism meant what?

A) An artistic movement bringing exotic cultures to mass society
B) A religious movement in Central Asia to convert Muslims to Russian Orthodoxy
C) A social movement to reconcile Islam with modern society
D) A sociocultural movement within Central Asia to reject foreign influences
E) Teaching schools in Turkestan that emphasized Persian and Arabic

Question 22

In expanding into Central Asia, Russia bypassed what traditional imperial policy?

A) Cultural assimilation
B) Deindustrialization
C) Religious conversions
D) Economic assimilation
E) All of these.

Question 23

Positive results from British occupation of India included all of the following except ______________.

A) unification through language by teaching English
B) cultural assimilation of many of the Bengali middle class
C) deindustrialization
D) enhanced educational opportunities, albeit only for the elite
E) British rule connected India to the world economy

Question 24

Arab Nationalism emphasized what ideas?

A) Anti-Zionism
B) Fostering an Arab identity based on linguistic commonality
C) Fostering an Arab identity based on adherence to Islam
D) Rejection of all Turkish culture
E) Creating a home state of Arabia centered around historic Mecca

Question 25

Which modern country was not part of Indochina?

A) Cambodia
B) Burma
C) Vietnam
D) Laos
E) All of these were part of Indochina.

Question 26

Russia's greatest expansion was in what region of the world?

A) Siberia
B) China
C) Turkistan
D) The Caucasus
E) The Black Sea

Question 27

What was the British official policy of religion in India?

A) Non-interference
B) Preference for Muslims
C) Imposition of the Protestant Church of England
D) Preference for Hinduism
E) Taxation of all religions that were not Christian

Question 28

Who were the Boers?

A) German settler colonies in Southwest Africa
B) Dutch farmers who moved to avoid English rule
C) British industrialists who established mining camps
D) French missionaries in South Africa
E) Belgian administrative staff at rubber colonies in the Congo

Question 29

The foothold that France gained in Indochina was started by ______________.

A) local rulers protesting the French monopolization of the European trade
B) Napoleon III's intervention after the rejection of French missionaries
C) French commercial interests in silk
D) protests against French education systems imposed on native children
E) None of these.

Question 30

As a result of the Sepoy Rebellion, the British ______________.

A) tightened their administration with English civil servants
B) deployed British-only troops against the Muslim factions
C) demobilized the Sepoy unit and gave them home rule
D) allowed members of the Indian upper class to serve in civil service positions
E) None of these.

Question 31

The key event signaling the weakness of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century was ______________.

A) the Crimean War
B) Britain's building of the Suez Canal
C) Bismarck's Congress of Berlin
D) the Sepoy Rebellion
E) British partitioning of Persia

Question 32

The Sepoy Rebellion took place when the ______________.

A) British refused to recognize a holy day for the Indian Muslims
B) native troops were fearful they were going to have to convert to Christianity
C) province of Sepoy did not meet its quota of productivity and the British sent in troops
D) local Raj pushed for independent rule from the British
E) British enraged the Sepoy unit of the military by offending its members' religious sensibilities

Question 33

Which east Asian nations were not directly colonized?

A) Japan and Indonesia
B) Indochina and China
C) Japan and Indochina
D) Japan and China
E) Indonesia and Indochina

Question 34

After the British in India, the European power which had the most contact with the Muslim world was ______________.

A) Austro-Hungary
B) Russia
C) France
D) Spain
E) the Netherlands

Question 35

The most significant economic product for France in Indochina was what?

A) Spices
B) Rubber
C) Petroleum
D) Raw silk
E) Coffee

Question 36

The largest European threat to the Ottoman Empire came from ______________.

A) Britain
B) Russia
C) Germany
D) Austria-Hungary
E) France

Question 37

What was the goal of the Indian National Congress?

A) To gain a seat in British Parliament
B) To expel British businesses and missionaries
C) To end British colonial rule in India
D) To petition for Home Rule
E) All of these.

Question 38

After 1800, Russia ceded its Pacific territories to whom?

A) Japan
B) China
C) America
D) Korea.
E) France

Question 39

What did England consider to be its most important colony?

A) South Africa
B) India
C) The Bahamas
D) Egypt
E) The former colonies of the United States

Question 40

The British claim for their intentions in India included all of the following except ______________.

A) creating a market economy
B) instilling order and efficiency
C) teaching individual self-development
D) converting the Indians to Christianity
E) introducing culture and hygiene

Question 41

Which country directly benefitted from unequal treaties with China?

A) Japan
B) Britain
C) Russia
D) Germany
E) All of these.

Question 42

Compare French colonialism in Indochina with that of North Africa. What differences were there in management, interest, and economic benefits? What was accomplished by the French presence in Asia?

Question 43

How did Europeans justify the extension of imperialism as part of the colonial project?

Question 44

What was exported from the colonies to Western Europe?

A) Cotton
B) Soap
C) Cloth
D) Locomotives
E) Locomotive rails

Question 45

What year did Japan open to American trade?

A) 1824
B) 1834
C) 1844
D) 1854
E) 1864

Question 46

The conflict over interests in Korea between Russia and Japan was primarily focused on what?

A) Russian naval presence in Port Arthur
B) Russian settlement in Vladivostok
C) Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway annex
D) Russian military bases in China
E) Occupation of small islands in the Pacific

Question 47

The Russo-Japanese War resulted in ______________.

A) the loss of Russian presence on the Korean Peninsula
B) the start of the Revolution of 1905
C) the destruction of the Russian navy
D) worry that the Meiji Restoration was too successful
E) All of these.

Question 48

Discuss the most significant native rebellions against European imperialism.

Question 49

What work was commissioned for the opening of the Suez Canal?

A) Verdi's Aïda
B) Tennyson's "The Fleet"
C) Loti's The Desert
D) Puccini's Madama Butterfly
E) Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days

Question 50

All of the following represent uprisings against European imperialism except the ______________.

A) Sepoy Rebellion
B) Boxer Rebellion
C) Boer War
D) Battle of Omdurman
E) Russo-Japanese War

Question 51

Why did Britain consider India the most important of its colonies?

Question 52

What were the major tenets of Cecil Rhodes' "Confession of Faith?"

Question 53

The Boxer Rebellion attacked ______________.

A) foreign missionaries
B) businessmen
C) diplomats
D) Chinese converts to Christianity
E) All of these.

Question 54

John Hobson's Imperialism: A Study argued that ______________.

A) British colonies needed to expand to thrive
B) the model of French imperialism was less moral than that of Britain
C) democracy in Britain was bolstered by the imperial project
D) the status of the working class would continue to improve as imperialism began to stabilize
E) None of these.

Question 55

Compare and contrast European imperialism in French North Africa and the Belgian Congo, in light of each the home country's political, economic, and cultural life.

Question 56

Why did Bismarck call the Berlin Conference in 1884, and what were its ultimate consequences?

Question 57

What was exported from Western Europe to the colonies?

A) guano
B) rubber
C) palm oil
D) copper
E) cloth

Question 58

Compare and contrast Hobson's and Lenin's views on the effects of capitalism and imperialism.

Question 59

Analyze the reasons and motivations for, and the strengths and weaknesses of imperialism.

Question 60

How did missionary work represent an extension of European colonialism in the nineteenth century?

Question 61

The African National Congress was comprised of European overlords determining imperial policy in Africa.

Question 62

The common language in India under the Raj was Hindi.

Question 63

Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness romanticized colonialism.

Question 64

Discuss the role of gender in British India.

Question 65

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
David Livingstone

Question 66

In the Battle of Omdurman, African troops with traditional weapons were machine-gunned by the British.

Question 67

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
new imperialism

Question 68

For Germany, colonies in the Pacific and Africa did not make economic sense.

Question 69

How was colonialism reflected in the arts and culture of Europe?

Question 70

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
malaria

Question 71

France's claimed reason for extending into Indochina was protection of Catholic missionaries.

Question 72

David Livingstone was a missionary in China.

Question 73

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Cecil Rhodes

Question 74

Turkmenistan was the division in the "spheres of influence" between British and Russian colonial holdings.

Question 75

Why did the weakening of the Ottoman empire pose a diplomatic challenge for Europe?

Question 76

British colonial power in India was extremely organized and detailed in planning.

Question 77

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
manifest destiny

Question 78

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Rudyard Kipling

Question 79

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Leopold II

Question 80

One of the most important tools in administering colonies was the telegraph.