APWH Chapter 33 Test Questions
The author of The White Man's Burden was
Rudyard Kipling
Japan became a major imperial power after its victory in the
Russo-Japanese War
By 1900, the only part of southeast Asia not under European imperial rule was
Siam
The Maji Maji rebellion occurred in
Tanganyika against the Germans
Which of the following was not one of the core beliefs of Ram Mohan Roy?
The sati must remain as a symbol of India's long history and spiritual priority
Which matching of imperial power and colony is not correct?
US and Fiji
Cecil Rhodes was
a leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa
New South Wales in Australia started as
a settlement for convicts (a penal colony)
In response to Indian resistance, the British in 1909
allowed wealthy Indians to elect representatives to local legislative councils
The Berlin Conference
devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa
The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were
disgruntled sepoy troops
Between 1800 and 1914, how many Europeans migrated overseas?
fifty million
Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau viewed Europeans as
intelligent and morally superior to all other peoples in the world
In 1906, the Indian National Congress
joined forces with the All-India Muslim League
The Battle of Omdurman
opened the door for British colonial rule in Sudan
The Treaty of Waitangi
placed the Maori under British protection
The social Darwinists believed that
powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies ("survival of the fittest")
In regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americans
proved to be just as racist as the Europeans
Under British control, Ceylon became a major producer of
tea
Rudyard Kipling's poem, The White Man's Burden, was actually meant to inspire the Americans to colonize
the Philippines
Emilio Aguinaldo led an uprising in
the Philippines against the US
The term Great Game refers to
the Russian push into Central Asia
The US occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in
the Spanish-American War
The "Roosevelt Corollary" strengthened US military and economic claims in which area of the world?
those territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the US
Ram Mohan Roy was responsible for
trying to create a society based on European science and devotional Hinduism
The Monroe Doctrine
worked as a justification for US intervention in western hemispheric affairs
Submarine cables linked all parts of the British empire throughout the world by
1902
The chief victim of the late 19th-century European imperialistic expansion was
Africa
The Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by
Belgium
Which of the following reasons account for the large number of languages that have become extinct during the period from 1500 to 2000?
Both b. and d. are correct (b. increased contact among formerly isolated groups) (d. increased human migrations into already populated areas of the earth)
The Suez Canal was essential for
British control over India
Who said, "We are the finest race in the world and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race"?
Cecil Rhodes
The Scottish minister who, while searching for suitable missionary posts, traveled through much of central and southern Africa was
David Livingstone
The Boers were
Dutch settlers in South Africa
Between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of
France
After the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani in 1893, the US took over
Hawai'i
By the late 19th century, the world's leading producer of cotton was
India
The most important Indian reform group, founded in 1885, was the
Indian National Congress
In 1876, Korea was forced to accept an unequal trading treaty by
Japan
The Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over
Korea
