AP World Chapter 33

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the author of "The White Man's Burden" was?

Rudyard Kipling

by 1900, the only part of southeast Asia not under European imperial rule was?

Siam

in 1824, Thomas Stamford Raffles founded the port of?

Singapore

the Maji Maji rebellion occurred in?

Tanganyika

New South Wales in Australia started as?

a small colony consisting of mostly convicted criminals

the social Darwinists believed that?

all living species had evolved over thousands of years in a ferocious contest for survival. "survival of the fittest"

Cecil Rhodes was?

an 18 year old student at Oxford university and served as prime minister of the British Cape Colony

Ram Mohan Roy was responsible for?

arguing for the construction of a society in INdia based on both modern European science and traditional Hinduism

the Monroe Doctrine?

claimed the Americas as a US protectorate, and served as a justification in hemispheric affairs

in regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americas?

developed a sense of superiority over the peoples they conquered and ruled

the Berlin conference?

divided Africa among European countries and the United States

What were the core beliefs of Ram Mohan Roy?

end the practice of sati, improving the status of women, sought to bring Hindu spirituality to bear on the problems and conditions of his time

the Suez Canal was essential for?

facilitating the building and maintenance of empires by enabling naval vessels to travel rapidly between the world's seas and oceans

the Boers were?

farmers

in response to Indian resistance, the British in 1909?

granted a limited franchise that allowed wealthy Indians to elect representatives to local legislative councils

which of the following reasons account for the large number of languages that have become extinct during the period from 1500 to 2000?

increased contact among formerly isolated groups and subsequent human migrations into lands already occupied

in 1906, the Indian National Congress?

joined forces with the All-Indian Muslim League (the most prominent organization working to advance the political and social interests of Muslims)

the battle of Omdurman?

opened the door for British colonial rule in Sudan

Under British control, Ceylon became a major producer of?

tea

Emilio Aguinaldo led an uprising in?

the Philippines

Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The White Man's Burden", was actually meant to inspire the Americans to colonize?

the Philippines

the United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rice, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in?

the Spanish-Cuban-American War

the term "social Darwinism" is associated with?

the domination of European imperialists over subject peoples as the inevitable result of natural scientific principles

the Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over?

the status of Korea

the Treaty of Waitangi?

was signed by Maori leaders which presumably designed to place New Zealand under British protection- actually signaled coming of official British colonization in New Zealand

submarine cables linked all parts of the British empire throughout the world by?

1902

between 1800 and 1914, how many Europeans migrated overseas?

50 million

the chief victim of late 19th century European imperialistic expansion was?

Africa

the term Great Game refers to?

Britain/Russian military officers and imperialist adventurers engaging in a risky pursuit of influence and intelligence

who said, "we are the finest race in the world and more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race"?

Cecil Rhodes

the author of the "Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races" was?

Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau

the Scottish minister who, while searching for suitable missionary posts, traveled through much of central and southern Africa was?

Dr. David Livingstone

between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of?

French Indochina

after the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani in 1893, the United States took over?

Hawaii

the Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by?

Henry Morton Stanley (under the direction of King Leopold II of Belgium)

the most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were?

Hindu sepoys

by the late 19th century, the world's leading producer of cotton was?

India

in the 19th century, the majority of indentured laborers came from?

India

the most important Indian reform group, founded in 1885, was the?

Indian National Congress

the "Roosevelt Corollary" strengthened U.S. military and economic claims in which area of the world?

Latin America/their half of the hemisphere

Japan became a major imperial power after its victory in the...?

Liaodong peninsula

in 1876, Korea was forced to accept an unequal trading treaty by?

Meiji officials- Japan


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