AP Euro: Chapter 24

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How did Muhammad Ali finance his modernization of Egyptian society? He seized control of the Suez Canal and established transit fees for passage. He instituted a high tax on all foreign firms and business in Egypt. He forced farmers to become tenants of large, private landowners who adopted commercial agriculture. He invaded the Sudan to the south and established a trade in slaves from the Sudan to the Middle East.

He forced farmers to become tenants of large, private landowners who adopted commercial agriculture.

What was the Boxer Rebellion? A revolution made by patriotic samurai who overthrew the Japanese shogun A revolt of Chinese military officers who supported westernization against the Qing Empress Dowager A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese patriots who wished to expel all Westerners from China An uprising of militant Muslims against British rule in Sudan

A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese patriots who wished to expel all Westerners from China

What was the principle by which the European powers established their claim to an African territory after the Berlin Conference in 1884 and 1885? Military subjugation The white man's burden Effective occupation Annexation

Effective occupation

How did the British obtain the opium that they smuggled into China? British landlords in Ireland forced Irish peasants to abandon potato fields and grow poppies. Opium was grown legally in British-occupied India. Opium was widely grown in the recently seized lands of Australia. The British seized opium that was illegally grown in the Middle East.

Opium was grown legally in British-occupied India.

In the nineteenth century, what country dominated the three-thousand-mile archipelago that is now Indonesia? Spain The Netherlands Great Britain Portugal

The Netherlands

To what extent did the new imperialism result in economic gains and why? -The economic gains were substantial but could only be enjoyed after decades of development of the local infrastructure. -The economic gains were substantial because the new lands had vast resources that had been largely undeveloped. -The economic gains were limited because the new colonies were too poor to buy European goods and offered few immediately profitable investments. -The economic gains were limited because the new, more democratic governments lacked the political skill to dominate subject peoples.

The economic gains were limited because the new colonies were too poor to buy European goods and offered few immediately profitable investments.

What belief drove native opponents to European colonial rule? The Christian call for love and charity The nationalist assertion that every people had a right to control their destiny The doctrine of Social Darwinism The ideas associated with nativism

The nationalist assertion that every people had a right to control their destiny

How were governments able to use empires to ease social tensions and domestic political conflicts in the nineteenth century? They turned the empires into dumping grounds for Europeans who were misfits or failures. They emphasized that imperialism would bring civilization and Christianity to native peoples. They encouraged the masses to savor foreign triumphs as examples of national glory and prestige. They presented imperialism as part of a Social Darwinist competition with other nations.

They encouraged the masses to savor foreign triumphs as examples of national glory and prestige.

How did some British women seek to affect British colonialism in India in the nineteenth century? -They worked to improve the lives of Indian women, moving them closer to Western standards through education and legislation. -They called for an end to opium production in India because of its negative consequences for Indian families. -They demanded that the British government establish limitations on the number of hours that Indians could be required to work. -They insisted that British welfare benefits be extended to British India in order to support the population during economic downturns.

They worked to improve the lives of Indian women, moving them closer to Western standards through education and legislation.

What was the result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85? It established high tariffs to protect German industry. It set the terms for the division of China into economic zones of influence. It declared Africa off-limits to colonization. It set up the terms for the division of most of Africa among European colonial powers.

It set up the terms for the division of most of Africa among European colonial powers.


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