Unit 6
Considering global trends in late-nineteenth-century migration movements, the specific migrations that produced the demographic situation shown in the table most likely contributed to which of the following social or political changes in India?
An increase in the number of Indian women engaging in occupations that had formerly been held by men
The instructions to Lugard in articles (d) and (f) best reflect which of the following regarding the purpose of the board of directors' letter?
As a commercial enterprise, the British Royal Niger Company hoped that Lugard's voyage would allow it to expand its exports of African raw materials to Europe and its imports of European finished goods to Africa.
Which of the following best explains why people from nonindustrialized regions constituted the majority of migrants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Nonindustrialized regions often experienced large population increases that made it more difficult for people to find local jobs.
Witbooi's statement in the last paragraph that he would likely be killed in the process of resisting the Germans is historically significant because it shows that Africans understood the
low probability that armed resistance would be successful because of the military advantages of Europeans
Compared with late-nineteenth-century East or South Asian migrants to other world regions, the ancestors of the populations shown in the table likely received a somewhat better reception in their host societies for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Because of the ethnic and religious diversity of Caribbean colonial societies, there was no prejudice against newcomers, and immigrants, including Indian laborers, were generally welcomed by local populations.
Which of the following aspects of the Marxist critique of capitalism would be most useful in understanding why the author of the passage chose to invoke Karl Marx's thought in the first paragraph?
Many Marxists criticized imperialism for arresting the economic development of the colonies and reducing them to mere raw material export economies, and Wesseling appears to agree with that criticism.
Witbooi's perspective in the last paragraph is historically significant because it most directly illustrates which of the following rationales for African people resisting European imperial encroachment?
Resistance to preserve traditional political structures threatened by direct European territorial expansion
The image and its caption provide evidence that would best help explain the ideas of which of the following ideologies that emerged in the late nineteenth century?
Social Darwinism
The rival British and French claims over the Niger River region in the 1890s were most directly a part of which of the following processes?
The European "scramble" to acquire territories in Africa through both peaceful and military means
Japanese expansion in the late nineteenth century is most directly explained in the context of the decline of which of the following empires?
The Qing Empire
In addition to Japan, which of the following non-European states created an empire in the Asia-Pacific region in the late nineteenth century?
The United States
Considering global trends in late-nineteenth-century migration movements, the Indian migrations to the Caribbean that produced the demographic situation shown in the table most likely led to which of the following short-term effects?
The creation of Indian ethnic enclaves in Caribbean societies
Which of the following best explains why transoceanic migration increased significantly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
The development of steam-powered ships made it easier and safer for people to cross the oceans.
Wesseling's argument in the second paragraph best illustrates which of the following important distinctions within the practice of imperialism in the nineteenth century?
The difference between the economic effects of direct and indirect imperialism
Which other process in the mid to late nineteenth century most directly led to situations in which non-Western countries found it very difficult to protect their indigenous industries from Western competition, as described in the passage?
The imposition of free-trade regimes on countries such as China, the Ottoman Empire, and Latin American countries through military or diplomatic pressure from Western countries
The economic statistics cited by Wesseling in the first paragraph are most likely intended to illustrate which aspect of the nineteenth-century global context?
The role of British imperial policy in reversing the development of Indian textile manufacturing
Which of the following best explains a difference between European and South Asian migration during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Unlike European migrants, South Asian migrants often served as indentured laborers.
Which aspect of the historical situation in West Africa in the 1890s best explains the board of directors' instructions to Lugard in article (h) of the letter?
West Africa was becoming a source of important raw materials for Europe's industrializing economies.
Although ideas of European superiority over non-Europeans had existed for centuries, views such as those expressed in the passage provide evidence of an important change in the late nineteenth century that is best explained by the fact that they
combined old cultural prejudice with supposedly "scientific" new ideas of the biological and evolutionary basis of human differences
Witbooi's point of view in discussing his right to rule the Nama lands "by double conquest" is historically significant mostly because it illustrates how
interethnic conflicts in Africa led to political fragmentation and ultimately limited Africans' ability to resist imperialism
Based on the context of European imperialism in the late nineteenth century, a historian examining the image and its caption would likely explain that they provide evidence of how France sought to
reassure students that France's inhumane colonial policies were justified by a so-called "civilizing mission"