Chapter 24: Review Questions

(Time) Battle of Plassey

1757

(Time) Boers begin in Great Trek

1830

(Time) Discovery of diamonds in Orange Free State

1867

(Time) Zulu victory at Isandlwana

1879

(Time) Partition of east Africa

1890s

(Time) Beginning of Boer War

1899

Which of the following statements is most accurate? A) Faced with the advanced military technology of the Europeans, indigenous peoples ceased resisting the imperial advance. B) Despite advances in military technology, the Europeans remained unable to overcome the Asian advantages in population. C) African and Asian peoples often fiercely resisted colonial rule, although without realistic chances of permanent success. D) No African or Asian military forces won set piece battles. E) The African and Asian peoples who resisted by using unconventional tactics succeeded in retaining independence.

A) Faced with the advanced military technology of the Europeans, indigenous peoples ceased resisting the imperial advance.

(?) A southern African tree having wood used for making spears or lances.

Assegais

Which of the following definitions most accurately defines the term "White Dominions"? A) Imperial possessions in which the numbers of European settlers and indigenous peoples were approximately equal B) Colonies with substantial majorities of white, European immigrants C) Colonies in which small numbers of Europeans ruled large numbers of non-Western peoples D) Colonies which were largely unpopulated prior to the coming of the Europeans E) Colonies in which European and indigenous residents coexisted peacefully

B) Colonies with substantial majorities of white, European immigrants

In what way was the intrusion of the British East India Company in India similar to the Dutch entry into Java? A) The conversion of the Indian elite to Christianity B) The intervention into local squabbles among indigenous princes in return for authority over land C) The British removal of all local rulers in the 18th century D) The direct intervention of the British government E) The effort to maintain local customs

B) The intervention into local squabbles among indigenous princes in return for authority over land

Nabobs were A) local rulers in India. B) representatives of the British East India Company who went out to secure sudden wealth, often through corruption. C) administrative districts within the three presidencies. D) peasants in the Javanese social hierarchy. E) Indian soldiers working for the East India Company.

B) representatives of the British East India Company who went out to secure sudden wealth, often through corruption.

(?) A war in which Great Britain against the Transvaal and Orange Free State, 1899-1902.

Boer War

(?) Transvaal and Orange Free State in southern Africa, it was established to assert independence of Boers from British colonial government in Cape Colony in the 1850s.

Boer republics

(?) a rebellion in 1899 in Beijing and was started by a secret society who opposed the "foreign devils," and was ended by the British.

Boxer Rebellion

(?) was a period and territory of direct British colonial rule in South Asia between 1858 and 1947- from the time of the attempted Indian Revolt to the Independence of India.

British Raj

(?) A low house, with a broad front porch, having either no upper floor or rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows.

Bungalow

Which of the following is an example of a "contested settler colony"? A) Australia B) Senegal C) New Zealand D) Canada

C) New Zealand

Which of the following nations did NOT enter the competitive race for colonial empire and industrial supremacy after 1870? A) Germany B) Belgium C) Spain D) The United States E) Great Britain

C) Spain

Lord Cornwallis A) was the British commander at the Battle of Plassey. B) served in the war against Napoleon, then as the first Governor General of India in the 1850s. C) introduced sweeping reforms that reduced the power of local administrators in India in the 1790s. D) was the leader of the evangelical religious movement in India. E) was a British leader who supported giving more political control to the Indians.

C) introduced sweeping reforms that reduced the power of local administrators in India in the 1790s.

(?) a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and a captain in the Royal Navy.

Captain James Cook

(?) A British entrepreneur, went to South Africa and became very involved with the gold and the diamond trade. Started the Boer War.

Cecil Rhodes

When diamonds were discovered in the Orange Free State in 1867, British entrepreneurs such as _______ began to move in.

Cecil Rhodes

(?) A combination of Tropical Dependencies and White Dominions. Europeans settled permanently and then eventually clashed with the Native people.

Contested Settler Colonies

A succession of reforms in India culminated in sweeping measures taken in the 1790s by Lord Cornwallis.

Cornwallis

Which of the following statements concerning the Indian resistance to British colonialism is most accurate? A) Following the defeat at Plassey, the Princely States were unified into a single opposition force under Siraj-ud-daula. B) Following Plassey, there was no resistance to British control of India. C) The greatest opponent of British colonialism in India was the resurgent Mughal Empire. D) Indian princes continued to fight with each other despite the ever-growing power of the British Raj. E) The British were welcomed for their superior technology.

D) Indian princes continued to fight with each other despite the ever-growing power of the British Raj.

By 1914, the only independent nation in southeast Asia was A) Java. B) Malaysia. C) Vietnam. D) Siam. E) Korea.

D) Siam.

The bulk of the territories that the British East India Company ruled directly were administered through the three A) Princely States. B) nawabs. C) sepoys. D) presidencies. E) branches of the Raj.

D) presidencies.

(?) were religious believers that were originally attracted to the Anti-Masonic Party and then to the Wings, who sought to use political power for moral and religious reform.

Evangelicals

(T/F) Even martial peoples like the Zulus in South Africa lacked the courage and discipline to defeat sizeable British forces.

False

(T/F) In the 1620s, the Dutch were content to become the vassals of the kingdom of Java.

False

(T/F) In their wars of conquest, the British relied heavily on inexperienced British soldiers who joined the army to travel to exotic places

False

(T/F) The British won the decisive victory against the Zulu at the battle of Isandlwana.

False

(T/F) Transvaal and the Orange Free State were two British republics.

False

(?) A new religious movement incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems.

Ghost Dance

(?) The Hawaiian land redistribution proposed by King Kamehameha III in the 1830s and was enacted in 1848.

Great Mahele

(?) The term that refers to whites in Hawaii.

Haoles

(?) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube that draws the smoke through water that is contained in a bowl.

Hookahs

(?) The Zulu word for any armed body of men.

Impis

(?) was on January 22, 1879, and was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

Isandlwana

Hawaii was opened to the West through the voyages of Captain _____ from 1777 to 1779.

James Cook

(?) was a scottish philosopher, economist, and historian who met Bentham and dedicated the rest of his life to promulgating Bentham's philosophy.

James Mill

(?) An island in Indonesia, south of Borneo.

Java

(?) proposed the theory of utilitarianism, that government actions are useful only if they promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

Jeremy Bentham

(?) a doctor and an author who wrote books about Scotland.

John Buchau

King ______ of Hawaii promoted economic change, encouraging Western merchants to establish export trade in Hawaiian goods in return for increasing revenues to the royal treasury.

Kamehameha

(?) were hunter gatherers and the inhabitants of South Africa before the European invasion. The Dutch saw them as a little more than wild animals, the Dutch sent out killing squads, and captured the children to work for them as slaves.

Khoikhois

(?) Reformer of the East India Company administration in the 1790's and reduced the power of local British administrators, checked widespread corruption.

Lord Charles Cornwallis

(?) Found the source of the Nile River and was hired by King Leopold II of Belgium to make peace with the people of the Congo.

Lord Stanley

(?) an armed rebellion against German colonial rule in German East Africa and is sometimes referred to as the Maji Maji War.

Maji Maji

(?) A kingdom that controlled interior regions of Java in the 17th century.

Mataram

(?) was the religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals.

Methodism

(?) The reproduction by parents of different races.

Miscegenation

(?) A long loose, brightly colored garment for women, they were originally worn in Hawaii

Muumuu

(?) The name given to British representatives of the East India Company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation.

Nabobs

(?) A port city in northeastern Brazil.

Natal

(?) They believe in uniting people who share a common history and culture.

Nationalists

(?) The action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.

Partition

(?) A battle in 1757 between troops of the British East India Company and an Indian army under Sirud-daula ruler of Bengal

Plassey

(?) Three districts that made up the bulk of the the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay.

Presidencies

(?) Fought a series of wars backed up by British weapons and advisors resulting in unified Hawaiian kingdom by 1810. As king he promoted economic change encouraging Western merchants to establish export trade in Hawaiian goods.

Prince Kamehameha

(?) Domains of Indian princes that allied with the British Raj. Agents of East India Company were stationed at the rulers court to ensure compliance and made up over one-third of the British Indian Empire.

Princely states

(?) A British Queen, under her rule the British empire reached the height of its wealth and power, forced to accept a new, virtually powerless role after the Chartist movement.

Queen Victoria

The rise of the British ____ in India owed much to the rivalry between the British and the French.

Raj

(?) was born in Martinique and the author of Batouala, a novel that gained massive acclaim. As well as attacking French colonialism and praised African culture.

Rene Maran

(?) A British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. He is credited with securing India, as well as the wealth that followed, for the British crown.

Robert Clive

(?) A British military victory over numerically superior Zulu forces in South Africa, 1879.

Rorke's Drift

(?) The founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic state that resisted French rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898.

Samory

(?) were Indian soldiers in the British army.

Sepoys

(?) was a British administrator who brought a new school system. Macaulay wrote "Minute on Education," and said that English was a supreme language and Western Civilization was the supreme culture.

Thomas Macaulay

(T/F) Despite the odds against them, African and Asian peoples often fiercely resisted the imposition of colonial rule.

True

(T/F) European women were once held to be the chief culprits in the growing social gap between colonizers and colonized, but male officials may well have been mainly responsible.

True

(T/F) In many areas of India, the British were content to leave Indian rulers in control of their Princely States.

True

(T/F) In order to survive in the hot tropical environments of south and southeast Asia, the Dutch and English were forced to accommodate themselves to the ancient and sophisticated host cultures of their Asian colonies.

True

(T/F) The Boer War raged from 1899 to 1902 in South Africa and began the process of decolonization for the European settlers of South Africa.

True

(?) relied more on agriculture and less on extractive pursuits than the French or Spanish colonies did. Religious toleration increase rapidly and institutions of self-government increased rapidly as well.

True colonies

(?) were those who hold that an action is a right that produces the greatest good for the great number of people.

Utilitarians

(?) Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.

Veld

(?) Colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population. Small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by either disease or wars of conquest.

White dominions

(?) The belief in the inherent mental, moral, and cultural superiority of whites, it peaked acceptance in decades before World War I and was supported by social science doctrines of social Darwinists such as Herbert Spencer.

White racial supremacy

In _________ colonies, Europeans and indigenous peoples increasingly clashed over land rights, resource control, social status, and differences in culture.

contested settler

The venality and misgovernment of the Indian ____ resulted in the catastrophic Bengal famine of 1770.

nabobs

Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta became the administrative centers of the three ______ that made up the bulk of the territory that Britain ruled in India.

presidencies

The greater portion of European empires consisted of ________ in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific in which small numbers of Europeans ruled large numbers of non-Western peoples.

tropical dependencies

In white dominions, the descendants of European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population.

white dominions