Chapter 27 Quiz

_____ gained territory in East Africa at the expense of the Omani sultan in the late nineteenth century. Italy. France. Germany. Belgium.

Germany.

After suffering setbacks in Ethiopia, Italy invaded the __________ province of Tripolitania. Egyptian French Qajar Ottoman

Ottoman

The Great Mutiny (also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or as the First War of Indian Independence) began in _________. 1901. 1857. 1763. 1835.

1857.

After a revolt by the Egyptian army, a British military force occupied the Ottoman province in ________. 1854. 1900. 1882. 1898

1882

Italy's imperialist dreams in Africa were stymied by its crushing defeat at the battle of Adowa in ________, in which one-third of its army was killed by Ethiopian forces. 1896. 1911. 1935. 1870.

1896

According to its cultivation system in Indonesia, the Dutch forced native farmers either to grow government crops on 20 percent of their land or work for _____ days per year on Dutch plantations. 7. 90. 300. 60.

60

________ was the crucial first step of a European power—in this instance France—seizing provinces of the Ottoman Empire in competition with the Russians, while officially protecting its integrity. Libya. Algeria. Egypt. Lebanon.

Algeria.

The navigator James Cook, during one of his many exploratory journeys in the Pacific, landed in 1770 on the east coast of ______ and claimed it for Great Britain. Australia. Cook Island. New Guinea. New Zealand.

Australia.

As a way to coerce African labor to produce rubber in the _________ Congo, mercenaries used mutilation, random killing, village burning, starvation, and hostage taking. German. Italian. French. Belgian.

Belgian.

In 1900, Australia finally adopted a federal constitution and became the second fully autonomous British "dominion", after __________. South Africa. Ireland. Canada. New Zealand.

Canada.

Some Europeans claimed that, according to the dictates of their "_______ mission", they had a duty to extend the benefits of European civilization to "backward" peoples. Civilizing. White man's. Burdensome. Progressive.

Civilizing.

Under the Dutch, Indonesia became a major exporter of all of the following except: Palm Oil. Sugar. Cocoa. Tropical hardwoods.

Cocoa

Australia, although a colony, was a ___________ region that sought its wealth through export-led growth. Authoritarian-led. Commodity-rich. Socialistic. Command-economy.

Commodity-rich.

By the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Mughal emperor's lands had been reduced to the region immediately surrounding _________ and Agra. Bombay. Calcutta. Delhi. Madras.

Delhi.

The British "Raj" was inaugurated when control by the East India Company was replaced by _________. Direct rule. A local government in Rajput. The West Indies Company. The Duke of York.

Direct Rule

After United States and Spain made peace at the end of 1898, the US ignored the independent Philippine government led by _________. Ferdinand Marcos. Emilio Aguinaldo. José Marti. José Rizal.

Emilio Aguinaldo.

David Livingstone's ultimate goals were not only to __________ but also to "civilize" Africans by broadcasting the blessings of Christianity and commerce. Find the headwaters of the Nile River. End trafficking in slaves. Capture gorillas and bring them to Britain as proof of Charles Darwin's theories. Find Henry Morton Stanley in the jungle.

End trafficking in slaves.

The principal spokesman for _________ nationalists in the second half of the nineteenth century was José Rizal, who was executed by the government in 1896. Moroccan. Filipino. Hawaiian. Cuban.

Filipino.

Al-Hajj Umar led resistance against the _______ colonization of West Africa. French Portuguese Italian British

French

_______ forces dispatched a squadron that occupied the sparsely inhabited Mekong River delta in 1858-1862, annexing it as a protectorate. American. Chinese. French. Dutch.

French.

n East Africa, ________ used forced labor for the growing of cotton, provoking the fierce but in the end brutally suppressed Maji Maji Rebellion of 1905-1907. Great Britain. Italy. Portugal. Germany.

Germany.

In the German colony of Southwest Africa, the German army responded to a local uprising by committing a genocidal campaign against the ______ and Nama between 1904 and 1907. Herero. Hutus. Omanis. Zulus.

Herero.

E. D. Morel was able to publicize the mistreatment and exploitation of African slave labor on Belgian rubber plantations in Congo through a newspaper called the_____________. West African Mail His African Explorer Heart of Darkness White Man's Burden

His African Explorer

The Great Mutiny was touched off by the rumor that the British had: Killed leading Muslim officials and convert key Muslim communities to Christianity. Introduced opium into India, after it had proven so successful in China. Introduced a rifle which required its operator to bite the end from a gunpowder cartridge greased with cow and pig fat. Restored the hated and deposed Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar to his throne.

Introduced a rifle which required its operator to bite the end from a gunpowder cartridge greased with cow and pig fat.

Religious scholars of the 1800s succeeded in making _______ the dominant religion of West Africa. African spirtuality. Sufism. Christianity. Islam.

Islam.

Like the Chinese, Vietnam had adopted the policy of ________ in the 1840s when dealing with Western intrusion into the region. Isolationism. Surrender. Armed resistance. Tribute paying.

Isolationism.

Charles X of France claimed that his blockade of Algiers was justified because: It was an attempt to reconstitute Napoleon's empire in North Africa. It was an attempt to liberate the Christian minority in Algeria from a fundamentalist Islamic regime in the Ottoman Empire. It was done in the furtherance of France's "civilizing mission" in Africa. It was in response to an insult by the ruler, Hussein to his consul.

It was in response to an insult by the ruler, Hussein to his consul.

Portugal used the Berlin conference to expand its coastal footholds in Guinea, Angola and ___________. Malawi. Gabon. Mozambique. Kenya.

Mozambique.

The Dutch conquered the Indonesian archipelago, finally subduing the most stubborn opponents, the ________ guerillas of Aceh, in 1903. Buddhist. Portuguese. Muslim. Chinese.

Muslim.

he increased British and French presence in India was aided by: The strong and centralized power of the Mughal emperors, which made it easier to conquer the entire country. Regional leaders' desire to use the sepoy armies of European companies in their struggles. The establishment of Bombay as the Company's headquarters. France's victory at the battle of Plassey in 1757, which called for a response.

Regional leaders' desire to use the sepoy armies of European companies in their struggles.

The Belgian Congo under King Leopold II employed mass forced labor of the indigenous population to extract _______ from the jungle. Cacao. Bauxite. Bananas. Rubber.

Rubber.

The opening gambit of Great Britain's "Great Game" against __________ was the first Anglo-Afghan war in 1838. Persia. France. Russia. The Ottoman Empire.

Russia.

The effort to co-opt local rulers into upholding the British government as the historically destined status quo is sometimes called a(n) _________ relationship. Subaltern. Missionary. Subtropical. Unequal.

Subaltern.

What was the largest and wealthiest commercial company in the world during the seventeenth century? The British East India Company The Spanish Far East Trading Company The Dutch United East India Company The French-Orient Trading Company

The Dutch United East India Company

How did the British enhance their legitimacy in the eyes of the Indian people? They included many Brahmans in the government. They linked their rule with India's historic past. They constructed many new mosques and temples. They gave all castes equality in the Raj.

They linked their rule with India's historic past.

The original goal of the National Congress when it convened in 1885 was to: Agitate for full Indian independence. Win greater autonomy for India within the structure of the British Empire. Send troops to Sudan to support British efforts against the Mahdi. Incorporate the oppressed Hindu minority into the governmental structure of the colony.

Win greater autonomy for India within the structure of the British Empire.