Deck 24: The Age of Imperialism,1870-1914

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

England.

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

quinine.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

malaria

Question 4

The original establishment of the European settler colony in Africa was by the

A) Dutch.
B) English.
C) French.
D) Italians.
E) Germans.

Question 5

French settler colonies in Africa were established in which area?

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

Question 6

American justification of expansion within the continental U.S.was termed what?

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

Question 7

Kipling's "white man's burden" referred to

A) the need to redress the slave trade.
B) the cost of establishing European imperial colonies.
C) a sense of obligation to spread European culture and civilization.
D) the stress of being a superior European.
E) the social paradigm constructed by industrialization.

Question 8

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 9

Imperial administration was facilitated by all of the following except

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

Which European country came under criticism for the suppression of the Herero Revolt resulting in genocide?

A) France.
B) Britain.
C) Netherlands.
D) Germany.
E) Belgium.

Question 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

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 17

The concept of European cultural supremacy is termed

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

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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 21

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 22

After 1800,Russia ceded its Pacific territories to whom?

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

Question 23

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 24

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 25

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 26

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 27

The largest European threat to the Ottoman Empire came from

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

Question 28

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 29

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

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

Question 30

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 31

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 32

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 33

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 34

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 35

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 36

The Dutch influence on native populations in Indonesia can best be described as

A) the creation of separate spheres without efforts to civilize or transmit culture.
B) an aggressive campaign for cultural assimilation.
C) a hybridization of European and Asian religious elements that peacefully coexisted.
D) an economic expansion, only with no investment in local infrastructure.
E) rigorous insistence that they stay separate from the Muslims.

Question 37

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 38

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 39

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 40

The weakness of the Qing dynasty in the nineteenth century allowed Europeans

A) generous concessions for trade and local taxation without government interference.
B) huge profits with almost no financial benefit to the Chinese government.
C) naval bases and railroad outlets in China.
D) imposition of Christian missionaries despite Chinese reluctance.
E) All of these.

Question 41

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 42

Compare European imperialism in French North Africa and the Belgian Congo.How were these colonies integrated as part of the home country's political,economic,and cultural life?

Question 43

Why did Bismarck call the Berlin Conference in 1884? What were the longer-ranging consequences?

Question 44

Lenin argued that imperialism was

A) the origin of capitalism.
B) the error of capitalism.
C) the failure of capitalism.
D) the highest state of capitalism.
E) unrelated to capitalism.

Question 45

Why did Britain place such emphasis on India as the most important of its colonies?

Question 46

European companies took over property and businesses under the weakened Qing Empire under which policy?

A) economic imperialism.
B) national assimilation.
C) unequal treaties.
D) Social Darwinism.
E) None of these.

Question 47

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 48

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

Question 49

How did Europeans justify the extension of imperialism into countries that became colonies?

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

Analyze the reasons and motivations for imperialism.What are the weaknesses and strengths of these ideas?

Question 52

The writer of popular novels about intermixing European and indigenous populations was

A) Rudyard Kipling.
B) Alfred Lord Tennyson.
C) Cecil Rhodes.
D) Pierre Loti.
E) Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Question 53

What represented the most important of the native rebellions against European imperialism?

Question 54

The Boxer Rebellion was

A) an anti-Christian purge of missionaries.
B) a protest against the lack of legal rights extended to Asians under European hegemony.
C) a response to local Chinese refusal to learn the British sport of boxing to replace kung fu.
D) a movement of local assertion against European influences.
E) none of these.

Question 55

Japan's assimilation of Western technology was called

A) the Meiji Restoration.
B) the Sino-Japanese War.
C) the Treaty of Hojei.
D) Perry's Grandeur.
E) bilateral reciprocity.

Question 56

Which of the following statements about the global economy is true?

A) Europeans linked the world through trade and technology.
B) Imperialism created a global economic system, with most of the benefits flowing back to Europe.
C) Many imperial economies were dependent on European consumption.
D) Colonization varied depending on the area.
E) All of these are true.

Question 57

The most effective weapon for indigenous resistance to European rule was

A) European education.
B) assimilation of technology.
C) passive resistance.
D) organized demands.
E) self-rule.

Question 58

Compare the arguments of Hobson and Lenin on the effects of capitalism and imperialism.

Question 59

What made European colonialism in the nineteenth century different from earlier colonization efforts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Question 60

How was missionary work often used as an extension of European colonialism in the nineteenth century?

Question 61

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

Question 62

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

Question 63

The common language in India under the Raj was English.

Question 64

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

Question 65

German colonies in Africa failed to bring either political or economic benefit.

Question 66

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

Question 67

Why was the Dutch example in Indonesia different than imperialism practiced by the French or British in Asia?

Question 68

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

Question 69

David Livingstone was a missionary in China.

Question 70

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

The Opium Wars in China occurred when pro-Chinese nationalists attacked foreign influences and Christians.

Question 73

What fueled European ability to impose unequal treaties?