AP World 31/32 Test

Which of the following is an accurate description of relations between Europe and the Ottomans from 1815 to 1914

Russia, English, and French expansion at the expense of Ottomans

The tax reforms introduced by the Meiji government were most likely created to achieve which of the following

Support the development of rapid industrialization

One main direct effect of nineteenth century European imperialism in Africa was

The nearly complete partitioning of the African continent

Which of the following could be considered a contributing cause of the Russian Revolution of 1905

All answers

The Russian Empire was Defeated in the Crimean War because

Britain and France joined forced to prevent Russian expansion

Social Darwinism was used to justify which of the following during the nineteenth century

British colonization of India

The Colonization of Belgian Congo is noted for the

Brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leapold II

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842?

Japan gained control of the island of Taiwan

The Taiping rebellion was defeated when

Nanjing was defeated by a force of imperial and European soldiers

Which of the following was NOT part of Witte's policy of industrialization in Russia

Nationalizing of key industries like coal and steel

Which of the Young Turks proposals caused the most dissension in the empire?

Turkish as the official language of the empire

European entrepreneurs such as Cecil Rhodes most strongly viewed imperialism as

the best means of spreading civilization

The British insisted on their right to trade opium with China because

It was the only trade good that they could sell in China at a profit

In China, a "sphere influence" was a

District in which a foreign power had exclusive trade rights

Pressure for reform in British India came from

Educated Indians seeking self-rule

The Berlin Conference in 1884-1885 established

If a power occupied an African place it could claim that colony

Which of the following countries or regions led the world in the production of cotton cloth in 1700?

India

The "white man's burden" proposed by Rudyard Kipling referred to the

Moral duty of the west to "civilize" the rest of the world

The success of Meiji restoration depended on destroying the power of

The Daimyo and samurai classes

Slavery and serfdom were abolished in the 1860s in

The United States and Russia