Chapter 21 study guide multiple choice/true and false

By combining the old Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer Republics in 1910, the British created the

Union of South Africa.

What was the general idea of Thomas Babington Macaulay's educational policy for Britain's Indian subjects?

We should produce a class that is Indian in blood and color but English in taste and intellect.

The individual who said that "My ruling purpose is the extension of the British empire throughout the world" was

Cecil Rhodes

The missionary who urged Europeans to introduce the "three Cs" (Christianity, commerce and civilization) was

David Livingstone.

The Boers were predominantly of what ethnic background?

Dutch

The Philippine guerrilla leader who failed to thwart the United States conquest was

Emilio Aguinaldo.

Remote location and mountainous terrain spared which of the following from colonial rule?

Ethiopia Afghanistan.

On balance, one can accurately say that all of the following are correct except

Europeans left no legacy of any sort in their colonies.

True or False? In Africa, security concerns and national prestige were always secondary to economic interests

False

Colonial policies reflecting a relative lack of racist attitudes, and the revolutionary belief in the universality of human nature, were practiced by

France.

Emphasis on assimilation of African subjects to European culture, rather than preserving local traditions originated with the

French.

Which of the following pairs, naming the European power and its African holding, is not correct?

Germany - Congo

Among the first British colonies in West Africa was

Gold Coast.

A rising non-western nation that avoided colonial subjugation by pursuing a concerted strategy of political and economic reform was

Japan.

Which of the following led a peasant revolt in Burma against colonial rule?

Saya San

Which African country, with a temperate climate in its Central Highlands, attracted a relatively large European population?

Senegal

Which of the following denotes an accurate order of events?

Slave trade illegalized by Britain / French seizure of Algeria / Opening of Suez Canal / Berlin Conference over Africa / Boer War

In the second half of the nineteenth century

a Frenchman built the Suez Canal, but it ultimately came under British control.

All of the following statements about Zanzibar are true except that it was

a first capital of south Africa after the Boer War.

All of the following are correct about the slave trade except it

it revived in East Asia because of the opium trade.

Generally speaking, European colonialism was

largely exploitation, usually accompanied by condescension.

In the political realm, ultimate control of European colonies in Asia and Africa was

maintained by force.

Quinine was used by Europeans to provide partial immunity from

malaria.

In the nineteenth century, European nations exploited areas of Asia and Africa for the following except

manufactured goods to be sent from Asia to Europe.

Muhammad Ali

modernized Egypt and extended its hegemony over neighboring regions.

David Livingstone

obtained great fame from his African missionary and anti-slavery work.

In Southeast Asia, imperialist governments

often blended direct and indirect rule, with the latter used widely in rural areas such as Malaya.

"New" products that European nations sought to obtain from colonies in Africa and Asia in the nineteenth century included

oil, tin and rubber.

Ran Mohan Roy's major motivation in creating the Brahmo Samaj was to

provide Hinduism with protection against verbal attacks by British colonialists.

Thailand

was able to remain independent because France and Britain preferred that it remain so in order to serve as a buffer between their colonial territories.

The Boer War

was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer Transvaal.

True or False? Hong Xiuquan claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ

True

The opening of the Suez Canal preceded the Berlin Conference over Africa.

true

The term 'neo-colonialism' refers to European colonial tactics after World War II.

true

True or False? In 1800, the Qing or Manchu dynasty was at the height of its power

True

True or False? In order to protect their investment in the Suez Canal, the British established an informal protectorate in Egypt that lasted until World War 1

True

The individual who left a massive estate to create a worldwide British Empire to "civilize" the world

Cecil Rhodes.

In the nineteenth century, imperialism

was motivated by a desire to control markets as well as raw materials.

The Great Trek

was the northeastward advance of the Boers after the British take-over of the Cape Colony.

By 1900, the seizure of what region was included in the Indochinese Union?

Cambodia

The idea to preserve local African culture and traditions under colonial administration is associated with the

British.

Which of the following is not a true statement about nineteenth-century Western expansion in Southeast Asia?

Burma retained its independence.

Which of the following cities became a major colonial manufacturing center?

Batavia

The upper Nile was the area of two major confrontations in the late 1800s between the British and the

Mahdi at Khartoum and the French at Fashodaoda

Which of the following can be said to be a benefit of colonialism in Southeast Asia?

The beginnings of a modern economic infrastructure

Which of the following was not linked to the European "missionary factor" as a motivation to conquer the peoples of Africa?

The competition among the European powers to create an African industrial revolution

Which area did the French rule as a protectorate?

The northern parts of Indochina.

What factor spurred the rise in Christian missionary work in East Africa in the nineteenth century?

The persistence of the slave trade in East Africa.

Within the context of Western economic expansion into the regions of Africa and Asia during the nineteenth century, the term imperialism means the forceful appropriation of all except

a substitution of African and Asia cultural norms in place of traditional European culture.

The term 'neocolonialism' refers to European colonial tactics

after former European colonies were replaced by independent nation-states.

The Sepoy Mutiny was caused by

animal fat and lard that was on the rifle cartridges used by the Sepoy troops, which upset both Hindu and Muslim soldiers.

Imperialistic activity in Africa

caused a good deal of international rivalry, as illustrated by the tense face-off between British and French forces at Fashoda.

The British Raj

established a new school system to educate the children of the elite.

The Berlin Conference of 1884

established guidelines to ease the frictions created by European ambitions in Africa.

Afrikaners were black African opponents of the Dutch Boers in South Africa

false

In general, the British preferred direct rule, while the French usually implemented indirect rule in their African colonies.

false

In order to avoid violence and to gain the popular support of colonial peoples, the Europeans generally quickly introduced democratic institutions in their colonies.

false

In the nineteenth century, "legitimate trade" unfortunately still included the African slave trade.

false

European powers rushed to increase their penetration of Africa because of all except

fear of Russian economic expansion into Central Africa

In his famous poem "The White Man's Burden," Rudyard Kipling expressed the idea that whites

had a moral responsibility to lift Africans from a state of lower societal development.

British colonial policies

helped to end the slave trade in Africa and thuggee and sati in India.

The major economic objective of the "civilizing mission" was to

integrate native societies into the global economic market.

It can be said that the first stage in the development of modern nationalism is

resistance to colonial conquest, often based on traditional cultural factors.

East Africa was

saw a struggle over the slave trade between Christian missionaries and Muslim merchants.

In terms of resistance to imperial control, it can be accurately said that

some traditional resistance movements had significant religious dimensions, such as the revolts under the Mahdi in the Sudan and under Saya San in Burma.

In southern Africa during the 1800s

the British were more sympathetic to the rights of the local population than were the Boers.

In assessing the impact of nineteenth-century imperialism, it can accurately be said that

the consequences of imperialism are more complex than was earlier believed.

In Southeast Asia, the European emphasis on cash crops led in many areas to the replacement of subsistence agriculture by the growth of large plantations.

true

In most of East Asia, such as in Japan, imperialism did not result in the establishment of formal Western colonial control.

true

Slavery in Africa continued well after it had been abolished by European nations.

true