Module 8: Consequences of Industrialization, c. 1750 - c. 1900 - Activities

The Boxers wanted to eliminate everything from China EXCEPT: - Christianity - Manchu - Europeans - Buddhism

Buddhism

Which of the following provinces was NOT part of the Dominion of Canada by 1900? - British Columbia - Ontario - Alberta - Nova Scotia

Alberta

Colonial rule dramatically altered the environment in all the following places EXCEPT: - India, due to tea production - Sumatra, due to rubber production - Australia, due to rubber production - Ceylon, due to tea production

Australia, due to rubber production

Leopold II was king of which nation during the Scramble for Africa? - France - England - Russia - Belgium

Belgium

Whose scientific theory was used to promote social racism in Africa? - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Charles Darwin - Thomas Paine - Alexander Graham Bell

Charles Darwin

All the following were affected by imperialism EXCEPT - South Africa - India - Chile - China

Chile

Which African country was left independent after the Scramble for Africa? - Ethiopia - Congo - Egypt - South Africa

Ethiopia

British Canada gained a large French population as a result of... - French fur traders being driven out of the United States. - France's loss of its Canadian colonies in the Seven Years' War. - the flight to Canada of French Protestants in the eighteenth century. - French citizens fleeing the Napoleonic wars.

France's loss of its Canadian colonies in the Seven Years' War.

Which of the following would NOT be typical of labor migration patterns in the age of empire? - German migrants to plantations in the Congo - Irish migrants to factories and railroads in the United States - Indian migrants to plantations in the Caribbean - Chinese migrants to plantations in Cuba

German migrants to plantations in the Congo

All of the following had control of Egypt during the age of imperialism EXCEPT... - Ottoman empire - British empire - France - Germany

Germany

Which of the following pairs of political leaders used terror in their respective nations as a nation- building strategy? - Benito Juarez and Niccolo Machiavelli - Juan Manuel de Rosas and Maximillian Robespierre - Archduke Maximillian and Napoleon Bonaparte - Pancho Villa and Abraham Lincoln

Juan Manuel de Rosas and Maximillian Robespierre

The Taiping rebellion was defeated when... - Nanjing was defeated by a combined force of imperial and European soldiers. - The British seized the Grand Canal and cut off north-south trade in the empire. - the dowager empress imprisoned the emperor and ended the Hundred Days reforms. - The dowager empress died, leaving a two-year-old child as emperor.

Nanjing was defeated by a combined force of imperial and European soldiers.

What did the Open Door Policy do? - it forced China into becoming a republic. - The United States and Europe had equal trade accessibility with China. - It forced Japan to be the supreme rulers of China during the shogunate. - China was forced to split itself among the world powers, so China would no longer exist.

The United States and Europe had equal trade accessibility with China.

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Meiji constitution? - The lower classes were represented in the lower chamber of the Diet. - The emperor could disregard the recommendations of the Diet. - The right to vote was based on property qualifications. - Japan became a constitutional monarchy.

The lower classes were represented in the lower chamber of the Diet.

All the following were effects of the Sepoy Mutiny EXCEPT: - The English monarchy took control of India. - The sepoys were put into positions of power. - The Mughal empire came to an end. - The East India Company was abolished.

The sepoys were put into positions of power.

Panama was supported in its uprising against Colombia by U.S. president - Theodore Roosevelt. - William Howard Taft. - Grover Cleveland. - William McKinley.

Theodore Roosevelt

The United States acquired Hawai`i by - secretly sponsoring a rebellion against the Hawaiian monarchy. - seizing the islands by force in order to obtain a naval base in the Pacific. - means of a purchase treaty with the Hawaiian people. - annexing the islands after American planters had overthrown the monarchy.

annexing the islands after American planters had overthrown the monarchy.

The colonization of the Belgian Congo is noted for the - brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II. - spirited resistance of the Congolese people. - humane policies of the Belgian government toward the Congolese people. - policy of free trade that encouraged merchants from all countries.

brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II.

Which of the following did NOT improve communication between India and Britain? - completion of the Panama Canal - use of steamships - invention of the telegraph - laying of submarine cables

completion of the Panama Canal

The scramble for Pacific island colonies in the late nineteenth century was motivated by all the following EXCEPT: - the need to defend the whaling industry. - the desire for strategic ports and refueling stations in the Pacific Ocean. - concerns about Chinese expansion to nearby islands. - the desire for tropical produce.

concerns about Chinese expansion to nearby islands.

Pressure for reform in British India came from - educated Indian women seeking greater independence. - Indian peasants and workers mobilized into unions. - Indian Muslims seeking independence from the Hindu majority. - educated Indians seeking self-rule.

educated Indians seeking self-rule.

Unlike the British in India, the French in Indochina... - recruited local peoples into their colonial army. - promoted domestic industries. - encouraged conversion to Christianity. - worked closely with local elites.

encouraged conversion to Christianity.

By 1900, Latin American women had achieved... - expanded educational opportunities. - the right to vote in national elections. - property rights within marriage. - the right to divorce.

expanded educational opportunities.

The term "manifest destiny" was used to describe the... - superiority of the northern states to the southern states during the Civil War. - inevitability of American dominion over all of North America. - superiority of the U.S. Constitution. - inevitability of American independence from Britain.

inevitability of American dominion over all of North America.

What type of company was the British East India Company? - royal - joint-stock - charter - stock-monarch

joint-stock

All the following contributed to American economic development in the nineteenth century EXCEPT: - the transcontinental railroad. - foreign investment. - cheap labor provided by immigration. - lack of competition from Europe.

lack of competition from Europe.

The United States gained western territory by all the following means EXCEPT... - treaty with Britain. - purchase from France. - purchase from indigenous people. - treaty with Spain.

purchase from indigenous people.

The National Policy for economic development of Canada included all the following EXCEPT: - construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. - rejection of immigrants. - tariffs to protect Canadian industry. - attracting foreign investment without losing control of the national economy.

rejection of immigrants.

After Reconstruction, former slaves in the southern states of the U.S. - remained free but lost many of their civil rights. - gained control of their own schools and local institutions. - elected biracial governments for the first time in U.S. history. - became independent farmers and landowners.

remained free but lost many of their civil rights.

Japanese imperial expansion in the late nineteenth century was primarily motivated by - the desire to spread Buddhism to other lands. - resentment at the unequal treaties forced on them by the United States. - a long-standing rivalry between China and Japan. - the need for land for settlement by a growing population.

resentment at the unequal treaties forced on them by the United States.

The Berlin Conference was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT - set the stage for World War II - create the scramble for Africa - determined the borders of European influence - began the idea of the "white man's burden"

set the stage for World War II

In Latin America, the road to a stable state was hindered by... - the ignorance and apathy of the lower classes. - an elite conspiracy against the lower classes. - sharp divisions among the creole classes. - the caudillos' reign of terror.

sharp divisions among the creole classes.

The Berlin West Africa Conference in 1884-1885 established - that the Americas were off-limits for further European colonization. - the rules of military engagement for European forces overseas. - the procedures for purchasing African lands from local rulers. - that, if a European power indicated its intention to colonize and then proceeded to occupy an African territory, it could claim that colony.

that, if a European power indicated its intention to colonize and then proceeded to occupy an African territory, it could claim that colony.

One striking difference between the British and the French imperial models in Africa is that - the British preferred to use local institutions to control subject populations. - the French preferred to employ local rulers to govern their colonies. - the British established schools and academies to train African civil servants to run their colonies, while the French did not. - many more British citizens relocated to Africa to administer their colonies than did French citizens.

the British preferred to use local institutions to control subject populations.

The Tokugawa Shogunate was overthrown because - the emperor had failed in his obligations to protect the Japanese people. - the Japanese were outraged by the unequal treaty forced on them by Commodore Perry. - the samurai were in debt to the merchant class. - the daimyo led a tax revolt.

the Japanese were outraged by the unequal treaty forced on them by Commodore Perry.

The Afrikaners, or Boers, were European settlers from - Germany - England - Sweden and Denmark - the Netherlands and Switzerland

the Netherlands and Switzerland

The constitutional issue at the center of the U.S. Civil War was - the balance of power between the president and the Congress. - the balance of power between the state governments and the federal government. - the rights of immigrant labor versus the rights of slave labor. - conflicting claims between the individual and society.

the balance of power between the state governments and the federal government.

The success of the Meiji restoration depended on destroying the power of - the emperor and his court. - the Japanese military. - the daimyo and samurai classes. - independent merchants.

the daimyo and samurai classes.

The Northwest Rebellion in Canada in 1885 was sparked by... - tensions between British and French settlers on the frontier. - tensions between British and French residents and newcomers from eastern Europe. - conflicts between settlers and the railroad over land rights. - the loss of land and trading rights by Métis and natives because of western expansion.

the loss of land and trading rights by Métis and natives because of western expansion.

What theory was used to excuse racist pogroms by imperial powers? - theory of survival - theory of eugenics - theory of relativity - theory of evolution

theory of eugenics

British rule undermined the Indian cotton industry by - imposing tariffs on cotton cloth imported into India. - forbidding the manufacture of cotton cloth in India. - undercutting the cost of Indian cloth with cheap British textiles. - imposing tariffs on cotton cloth shipped from India to Britain.

undercutting the cost of Indian cloth with cheap British textiles.