Deck 2: The High Tide of Imperialism Africa and Asia in an Era of Western Dominance

Question 1

The concept of the "rise of the West" includes all of the following except

A) the belief of the innate superiority of Western civilization over all other cultures.
B) the idea that the West has the responsibility to spread its culture to all others.
C) Western hegemony over all other civilizations has existed since the era of the ancient Greeks.
D) the significant influence of European civilization over much of the world extends only back to the sixteenth century.
E) non-western civilizations are by definition inferior to the civilization of Europe.

Answer 1

Western hegemony over all other civilizations has existed since the era of the ancient Greeks.

Question 2

Afrikaner was the Dutch term for the original inhabitants of South Africa.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

After World War I, more Africans served in the colonial governments than in the late nineteenth century, although relatively few were given positions of significant responsibility.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In general and with exceptions, it can be said that Britain ruled its colonies through direct rule, while the French ruled their empire by indirect rule.

Question 5

The author and book which claimed that the motives for Western imperialism were mainly economic was

A) Adam Smith and his Wealth of Nations .
B) Louis Napoleon and his The Extinction of Poverty .
C) Samuel Smiles and his Thrift .
D) John A. Hobson and his Imperialism: A Study .
E) Albert Sarraut and his The Civilizing Mission .

Question 6

For many millennia the most sophisticated and technologically advanced civilization was found in

A) Europe.
B) China.
C) the New World.
D) Africa.
E) Japan.

Question 7

In Southeast Asia, despite the growth of an urban economy, as in Rangoon, Batavia, and Saigon, the vast majority of the colonial peoples farmed the land.

Question 8

The so-called "Spice Islands" are located in modern

A) Japan.
B) Indonesia.
C) Australia.
D) Jamaica.
E) Madagascar.

Question 9

The Berlin Conference of 1884 was convened to reduce tensions among European powers competing for the spoils of Southeast Asia.

Question 10

During the Boer War, the British made use of concentration camps in their campaign against the Afrikaners.

Question 11

In the early nineteenth century, the British and Dutch agreed that the British would abandon their claim to territory in the East Indies for a free hand in the Malay Peninsula.

Question 12

The first of the major Asian civilizations to fall victim to European ambitions was China.

Question 13

Unlike in earlier centuries when "Christians and spices" were the motives for acquiring colonies, by the nineteenth century the primary function of colonies was to provide raw materials and purchase European manufactured products.

Question 14

As the saying went, the "sun never sets", on which empire

A) Imperial Japan and its sun goddess.
B) the British Empire.
C) China and its Mandate of Heaven.
D) French Empire ruled by Louis XIV "The Sun King".
E) United States expansion across the Pacific.

Question 15

The last pre-British rulers of the Indian subcontinent were the

A) Harappans.
B) Mauryans.
C) Guptas.
D) Mughals.
E) Rajputs.

Question 16

The so-called "scramble" for Africa occurred

A) in the 1500s.
B) in the 1600s.
C) during the French Revolution.
D) between 1815 and 1850.
E) between the 1880s and 1900.

Question 17

The Sahara remained an insurmountable to communication with Southern Africa until the late nineteenth century.

Question 18

Before the nineteenth century, Western imperialism could be summarized in the phrase

A) "Go west, young man, go west."
B) "Christians and spices."
C) "Liberty, equality, fraternity."
D) "all roads lead to Rome."
E) "the world is round, not flat."

Question 19

Which of the following African states remained free from Western imperialism in the nineteenth century:

A) Egypt
B) the Congo
C) Algeria
D) Ethiopia
E) the Sudan

Question 20

With the discovery of quinine to treat malaria, life expectancy for Europeans in Africa improved by the end of the nineteenth century.

Question 21

The individual whose aim it was "the extension of British Rule throughout the world" was

A) William Gladstone.
B) Rudyard Kipling.
C) Cecil Rhodes.
D) Edward Morel.
E) David Livingstone.

Question 22

The only independent state on the Southeast mainland by the end of the nineteenth century was

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

Question 23

The African who led the Zulus against the Boers in the early nineteenth century was

A) Mongkut.
B) Shaka.
C) Chulalongkorn.
D) the Mahdi.
E) Mbeki.

Question 24

The construction of the Suez Canal was directed by

A) Albert Beveridge.
B) Ferdinand de Lesseps.
C) Ali Bey.
D) Louis Napoleon.
E) David Livingstone.

Question 25

The Sahara Desert meant that

A) Europeans had no knowledge of anything south of the Mediterranean Sea.
B) travel into Africa overland was easy and frequent.
C) communication between Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the world slowed.
D) trading in Africa stopped.
E) Islam never reached Africa.

Question 26

Which of the following statements is not correct about the history of Africa before the twentieth century?

A) It was referred to as "darkest Africa" by many Westerners, who believed that Africa lacked both civilization and a history.
B) The desiccation of the Sahara Desert in the fourth millennium B.C.E. inhibited communication between Europe and southern Africa.
C) Ships from India and China traded with Africa.
D) Africa remained completely isolated from the rest of the world until the Portuguese explorations of the fifteenth century.
E) Trading societies had appeared in West Africa by the seventh century B.C.E.

Question 27

Singapore is located on the

A) Strait of Malacca.
B) Indian Ocean.
C) Arabian Gulf.
D) Japanese Sea.
E) the Formosa Straits.

Question 28

"Indirect rule" differed from "direct rule" in that the former

A) was established in Africa but not in Asia.
B) was preferred by the French but not the British.
C) attempted to govern colonies through the use of local political elites.
D) was primarily concerned with agricultural rather than industrial development.
E) was more committed to democracy.

Question 29

The European nation that ruled Egypt as an informal protectorate in the several decades before World War I was

A) France.
B) Germany.
C) Great Britain.
D) Italy.
E) Russia.

Question 30

A haven for ex-slaves established with the assistance of the United States was

A) the Sudan.
B) Sierra Leone.
C) Liberia.
D) the Gold Coast.
E) Nigeria.

Question 31

The individual who coined the phrase "the white man's burden" was

A) Queen Victoria.
B) David Livingstone.
C) William McKinley.
D) Albert Saurrat.
E) Rudyard Kipling.

Question 32

The African confrontation between Great Britain and France in 1898 occurred at

A) Fashoda.
B) the Suez.
C) the Transvaal.
D) the Congo.
E) Timbuktu.

Question 33

So-called "legitimate trade" would include all except

A) slaves.
B) peanuts.
C) timber.
D) hides.
E) palm oil.

Question 34

The African slave trade declined in the

A) sixteenth century because it was no longer economically profitable.
B) seventeenth century because improvements in the Silk Road trade.
C) mid-eighteenth century because of Enlightenment ideas and beliefs.
D) early nineteenth century in part because of humanitarian outrage.
E) early twentieth century because of the impact of the industrial revolution.

Question 35

In Africa, the European presence grew most rapidly in the

A) north.
B) south.
C) east.
D) west.
E) islands off Africa's east coast.

Question 36

Which of the following pairings is not correct?

A) Belgium and the Congo
B) Italy and Libya
C) Great Britain and the Gold Coast
D) France and Nigeria
E) Germany and Southwest Africa

Question 37

The leader of the Philippine insurrection against American rule in the early twentieth century was

A) King Mongkut.
B) Jorge Sanchez.
C) Emilio Aguinaldo.
D) Julio Sailendra.
E) Stamford Pagan.

Question 38

The founder of Singapore was

A) John Hobson.
B) Cecil Rhodes.
C) Stamford Raffles.
D) King Mongkut.
E) Albert Sarraut.

Question 39

The first British colony in West Africa was

A) the Gold Coast.
B) Nigeria.
C) Liberia.
D) the Congo.
E) the Transvaal.

Question 40

The individual who argued in favor of introducing the "three Cs" (Christianity, commerce, and civilization) to Africa was

A) Rudyard Kipling.
B) King Leopold of Belgium.
C) David Livingstone.
D) Henry Stanley.
E) Otto von Bismarck.

Question 41

Economically, colonies were important in

A) producing manufactured goods to be sold in the mother country.
B) purchasing raw materials from the mother country.
C) providing soldiers for the colonial armies.
D) providing markets for manufacturing items produced in the mother country.
E) investing financial resources in the mother country.

Question 42

Which of the following is not a correct match of colony with raw materials:

A) rubber and tin from Malaya
B) spices, tea, and coffee from the East Indies
C) oil from India
D) sugar and copra from the Philippines
E) teakwood from Burma

Question 43

Which of the following is not correct about South Africa:

A) There were divisions between the Afrikaners and the English.
B) Representative government included all South Africans.
C) Only the European populations were represented in the government.
D) The Union of South Africa was formed in 1910.
E) The number of people of European descent was large, but still was a minorit y of the total population.

Question 44

The policy of colonial assimilation is mainly associated with

A) France.
B) Belgium.
C) the United States.
D) Great Britain.
E) the Dutch Republic.

Question 45

Identify the following terms:
Social Darwinism

Question 46

According to the text, an overall assessment of Western imperialism could be said to have been

A) largely beneficial.
B) entirely destructive.
C) complex, with both beneficial and negative impacts.
D) generally motivated by moral idealism and concerns.
E) equivalent to the earlier imperialism of the Assyrians, Arabs, and Mongols.

Question 47

Who said, "I will treat you like my younger brother but do not forget that I am the older brother."

A) Albert Sarraut.
B) Cecil Rhodes.
C) William McKinley.
D) Lord Macauley.
E) David Livingstone.

Question 48

In comparison to colonies in Southeast Asia, imperial economic interests in Africa were

A) greater.
B) less.
C) non-existent.
D) the same.
E) no basis for measurement

Question 49

In comparison to France, British colonial policy could be best described as

A) direct rule.
B) indirect rule.
C) enlightened despotism.
D) royal absolutism.
E) democratic.

Question 50

The zamindar system

A) required that Zulus live only in black townships.
B) gave local landlords in India the power to collect taxes.
C) was the method of recruiting soldiers for the Dutch East India Company.
D) implemented representative government in Indochina.
E) was established by Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore.

Question 51

Britain's Lord Macaulay believed

A) that Indians were too backward and primitive to ever be educated.
B) that Indians should be educated in the language, literature, and customs of traditional Indian society.
C) Indian education should focus on only Western books and ideas.
D) sati should be continued in India.
E) Queen Victoria should become empre ss of India.

Question 52

British benefits to India included all of the following except

A) the abolition of sati .
B) an end to thuggee .
C) prosperity for most Indians.
D) the telegraph and railroads.
E) improved health and sanitation facilities.

Question 53

After World War I

A) colonialism disappeared in Africa.
B) imperialism was ended in Asia.
C) imperialism in Africa entered into a less formal stage.
D) colonialism in Africa entered into a more formal stage.
E) there was less racial consciousness on the part of the Europeans.

Question 54

The author of The Black Man's Burden was

A) Rudyard Kipling.
B) Albert Sarraut.
C) Edward Morel.
D) David Livingstone.
E) Joseph Conrad.

Question 55

After World War I, European colonial policy in Africa paid more attention to all of the following except

A) developing political democracy.
B) increasing education opportunities
C) providing medicine.
D) improving sanitation facilities.
E) improving social services.

Question 56

"The Great Game" refers to

A) the efforts by the Germans to gain a foothold in Africa.
B) rivalry between Russia and Great Britain over Afghanistan and nearby regions.
C) competition between the French and British, as exemplified over their confrontation at Fashoda.
D) the conflict between the Boers and the British in South Africa.
E) the differences between Hindus and Muslims in India.

Question 57

Which of the following was not characteristic of French colonial policy in Africa:

A) the ideal was to assimilate their African subjects into French cultural norms
B) Africans could hold office on the lower administrative level and could sit in the French National Assembly
C) the French were more racist than any other European imperial power
D) there was a relative absence of racist attitudes among the French
E) some Africans held high positions in the colonial administration

Question 58

The British colony in Africa that had a relatively large European population and a temperate climate in its highland region was

A) the Gold Coast.
B) Nigeria.
C) the Sudan.
D) Kenya.
E) the British Congo.

Question 59

As the result of European colonial rule in Africa,

A) the rights and status of African men increased.
B) the rights and status of African women increased.
C) the rights and status of African women decreased.
D) there was no change in the status of African women.
E) all Africans increased their status and gained more rights than in pre-colonial times.

Question 60

Swahili combined indigenous culture with  elements of

A) Arabic.
B) Paganism.
C) Greek.
D) French.
E) Christianity.

Question 61

Identify the following terms:
Thomas Babington Macaulay

Question 62

Identify the following terms:
Dutch East India Company (VOC)

Question 63

Identify the following terms:
"direct rule" and "indirect rule"

Question 64

Identify the following terms:
Thailand's King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn

Question 65

Identify the following terms:
Indochinese Union

Question 66

Identify the following terms:
"assimilation" and "association"

Question 67

Identify the following terms:
the Mughals

Question 68

Identify the following terms:
Imperialism

Question 69

Identify the following terms:
Commodore Dewey and Manila Bay

Question 70

Identify the following terms:
John A. Hobson's Imperialism

Question 71

Identify the following terms:
"Christians and spices"

Question 72

Identify the following terms:
Rudyard Kipling's The White Man's Burden

Question 73

Identify the following terms:
Jules Ferry

Question 74

Identify the following terms:
"survival of the fittest"

Question 75

Identify the following terms:
Cecil Rhodes

Question 76

Identify the following terms:
Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 77

Identify the following terms:
the Spice Islands

Question 78

Identify the following terms:
"the Great Game"

Question 79

Identify the following terms:
Singapore and Sir Stamford Raffles

Question 80

Identify the following terms:
British East India Company