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1
Cecil Rhodes was
A)the British military leader who was responsible for a boom in naval expansion.
B)the American politician who articulated the belief in manifest destiny.
C)responsible for the philosophy known as social Darwinism.
D)the first leader of an independent Canada.
E)a leading British imperialist active in south Africa.
2
The "white man's burden" proposed by Rudyard Kipling refers to
A)the cost of creating and supporting an empire.
B)the moral duty of the west to work to "civilize" the rest of the world.
C)the cost of abolishing slavery in Africa.
D)the need for Christian missionaries to undermine Islam in Africa and Asia.
E)all of the above
3
All of the following improved communication between India and Britain except
A)the completion of the Panama Canal.
B)the use of steamships.
C)the invention of the telegraph.
D)the laying of submarine cables.
E)the completion of the Suez Canal.
4
The Battle of Omdurman clearly demonstrated that
A)Europeans were morally superior to Africans.
B)Japan had become a major world power.
C)European troops with modern weapons could subdue a vast native army.
D)Britain had fallen behind Germany by the end of the nineteenth century.
E)none of the above
5
Under British imperial rule, India was governed
A)as a private colony of Queen Victoria.
B)as an independent sovereign state, but subject to British authority in foreign affairs.
C)as the private domain of the East India Company.
D)by Indian princes.
E)through an elite Indian civil service staffed by the English and headed by a viceroy.
6
Unlike the British in India, the French in Indochina
A)encouraged conversion to Christianity.
B)recruited local peoples into their colonial army.
C)worked closely with local elites.
D)promoted domestic industries.
E)had no obvious racial bias.
7
The colonization of the Belgian Congo is noted for
A)the spirited resistance of the Congolese people.
B)the brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II.
C)the many fine universities constructed by the Belgian government.
D)the humane policies of the Belgian government toward the Congolese people.
E)all of the above
8
By 1913, all of the following provinces gained either independence or autonomy from Ottoman control except
A)Anatolia.
B)Egypt.
C)Greece.
D)Serbia.
E)All of the above gained independence.
9
The "capitulations" were humiliating concessions to the west that
A)allowed western powers to establish spheres of influence within Ottoman territory.
B)forbade the manufacture of cotton cloth and obliged Ottomans to buy textiles from Britain.
C)held European citizens exempt from Ottoman laws and taxes.
D)restricted the exchange of technology and prevented the emergence of domestic industry in the Ottoman Empire.
E)permitted unrestricted traffic in and out of the Black Sea.
10
The most significant achievement of the sultan Mahmud II was the
A)creation of a powerful navy that could challenge British dominance of the Mediterranean.
B)legal emancipation of women.
C)creation of a modern army.
D)creation of a legislative assembly.
E)re-conquest of Egypt.
11
The English East India Company was formed in 1857 to improve Indian living standards.
A)True
B)False
12
The Young Turks succeeded in restoring the power of the Ottoman empire.
A)True
B)False
13
The demand for coal to power the ongoing industrial revolution was a key economic motivation for imperialism.
A)True
B)False
14
The British defeated the Sepoy Rebellion by adopting policies that were more tolerant of Indian social customs.
A)True
B)False
15
Tanzimat legal reforms included the right to privacy and to public trials.
A)True
B)False
16
The Berlin Conference in 1884–1885 established
A)the procedures for purchasing African lands from local rulers.
B)the rules of military engagement for European forces overseas.
C)that the Americas were off-limits for further European colonization.
D)that Africa would be carved into spheres of influence similar to China.
E)that, if a European power indicated its intention to colonize and then proceeded to occupy an African territory, it could claim that colony.
17
One striking difference between the British and the French imperial models in Africa is that
A)the British preferred to use local institutions to control subject populations.
B)the French preferred to employ local rulers to govern their colonies.
C)the British established schools and academies to train African civil servants to run their colonies, while the French did not.
D)many more British citizens relocated to Africa to administer their colonies than did French citizens.
E)the British actively sought to convert Africans to Christianity while the French did not.
18
Which of the following is not true about the settlement of Australia?
A)The British defined the continent as land belonging to no one.
B)The first settlers were mostly convicts, banished from Britain.
C)Smallpox and measles reduced the aboriginal populations dramatically.
D)Australia became a multicultural society, drawing settlers from all over the Pacific.
E)Settlement increased significantly after the discovery of gold.
19
Panama was supported in its uprising against Colombia by U.S. president
A)Grover Cleveland.
B)William Howard Taft.
C)Theodore Roosevelt.
D)William McKinley.
E)Woodrow Wilson.
20
The United States acquired Hawaii by
A)secretly sponsoring a rebellion against the Hawaiian monarchy.
B)a purchase treaty with the Hawaiian people.
C)seizing the islands by force in order to provide a naval base in the Pacific.
D)purchasing the islands from Spain in the wake of the Spanish-American War.
E)annexing the islands after American planters had overthrown the monarchy.
21
Which of the following would not be typical of labor migration patterns in the age of empire?
A)Chinese migrants to sugar plantations in Cuba.
B)Russian migrants to Singapore.
C)Indian migrants to rubber plantation in Malaysia.
D)Irish migrants to the United States.
E)Japanese migrants to sugar plantations in Hawaii.
22
Which of the following was not a provision of the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842?
A)Britain gained control of Hong Kong Island.
B)British merchants gained extraterritoriality.
C)Five Chinese ports were open to foreign trade and residence.
D)Britain received most-favored-nation status.
E)Japan gained control of the island of Taiwan.
23
The Self-Strengthening Movement did all of the following except
A)end foreign domination of China.
B)build modern shipyards.
C)construct railroads.
D)open steel foundries.
E)establish weapons industries.
24
The Boxer Rebellion sought to
A)turn Japan into a great power.
B)end Chinese domination of Vietnam.
C)end foreign control of China.
D)replace the Qing government with a democratic one.
E)bring Christianity to China's interior.
25
French colonies in Africa
A)respected existing African political and ethnic boundaries.
B)were granted their independence shortly after World War I.
C)industrialized with the help of the French.
D)were ruled directly by the French.
E)all of the above
26
Britain's lenient approach to Afrikaner statehood ended when rich mineral deposits were discovered in Afrikaner territory.
A)True
B)False
27
At the Berlin Conference, European diplomats agreed that Oceania would be off limits to colonization.
A)True
B)False
28
The people of the Philippines welcomed American control of the Philippines.
A)True
B)False
29
Japanese forces startled the world when they defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.
A)True
B)False
30
Herbert Spencer was a leading anti imperialist in late nineteenth century Britain.
A)True
B)False





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