Deck 23: The Great Land Grab

Question 1

Karl Pearson believed that there was only one way to produce high civilization, the struggle of ___________

Answer 1

race with race

Question 2

The term "White Man's Burden" was coined by

A) Rudyard Kipling.
B) Earl Cromer.
C) Cecil Rhodes.
D) Lloyd George.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The second Industrial Revolution focused on producing _______ goods.

Answer 3

capital

Question 4

___________ discovered germs.

Question 5

Who patented the first automobile?

A) Henry Ford
B) Karl Friedrich Benz
C) Cecil Rhodes
D) Joseph Lister

Question 6

Modern management techniques were called ____________ by its founder.

Question 7

One of the chief problems with improved industrial capacity was _________.

Question 8

When manufactures outpaced consumption profits rose.

Question 9

The Suez Canal opened in

A) 1790.
B) 1810.
C) 1825.
D) 1869.

Question 10

The West seized approximately one-fourth of the planet in the late 19th century.

Question 11

The American Civil War interrupted the flow of which commodity to the world market?

A) oil
B) textiles
C) sugar
D) cotton

Question 12

The British exploited Indian resources under the lead of the ___________.

Question 13

An uprising against British control in _______ led to a declaration of India as a colony.

Question 14

The Conference of Berlin was summoned to set ground rules for the division of

A) Africa.
B) Ottoman Empire.
C) Asia.
D) the Pacific.

Question 15

Only ___________ managed to retain independence by becoming an imperialist power.

Question 16

Which African nation was the only one to successfully resist European imperialism?

A) Ethiopia
B) Congo
C) Egypt
D) Nigeria

Question 17

Economic systems that focused on maximizing profit for the European power in control of a region are called _______.

Question 18

The British fought the Opium Wars to

A) prevent the Chinese from exporting opium to Great Britain.
B) prevent trade between India and China.
C) force the Chinese to allow importation of opium.
D) bring down the Chinese monarchy.

Question 19

Using Darwin's terminology, Social Darwinism argued that

A) progress in human society was no longer possible.
B) natural selection could not be rationally justified.
C) human societies competed for dominance.
D) evolution could be reversed.

Question 20

The British conquered Sudan in

A) 1800.
B) 1898.
C) 1908.
D) 1920.