Chapter 33: THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES

Which of the following is not true about the settlement of Australia?

Australia became a multicultural society, drawing settlers from all over the Pacific.

Which of the following was not an economic motivation for imperialism?

European and American industry needed more sources of coal.

Which of the following would not be typical of labor migration patterns in the age of empire?

German migrants to plantations in the Congo.

Cecil Rhodes was

a leading British imperialist active in South Africa.

The United States acquired Hawaii by

annexing the islands after American planters had overthrown the monarchy.

Pressure for reform in British India came from

educated Indians seeking self-rule.

Japanese imperial expansion in the late nineteenth century was primarily motivated by

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

The Berlin West Africa Conference in 1884-1885 established

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 term "Great Game" refers to

the Russian contest with Britain for central Asia.

The colonization of the Belgian Congo is noted for

the brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II.

All of the following improved communication between India and Britain except

the completion of the Suez Canal.

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

the moral duty of the west to work to "civilize" the rest of the world.

Under British imperial rule, India was governed

with British bureaucrats and officers overseeing Indian civil servants.

The Battle of Omdurman clearly demonstrated that

European troops with modern weapons could subdue a vast native army.

Colonial rule dramatically altered the environment in which of the following places?

India due to tea production, Ceylon due to tea production, Malaya due to rubber production and Sumatra due to rubber production.

Why had most European governments abandoned concessionary companies in Africa by the early twentieth century?

The brutal use of forced African labor by companies provoked a public outcry in Europe.

Panama was supported in its uprising against Colombia by U.S. president

Theodore Roosevelt.

One social goal of the British authorities in India was to

abolish the custom of burning widows with their husbands' bodies.

Unlike the British in India, the French in Indochina

encouraged conversion to Christianity.

Proponents of "scientific racism" argued that

race could be biologically defined and characterized, western dominance was justified on the basis on racial superiority, the theories of Charles Darwin supported world dominance by the "fittest" races, people of European descent were morally superior to other races.

The scramble for Pacific island colonies in the late nineteenth century was motivated by

the desire for the tropical produce, the need to defend the whaling industry, concerns about the Japanese expansion to nearby islands, the desire for strategic ports and refueling stations in the Pacific Ocean.

The Mughal dynasty fell primarily because

the state had been weakened by conflicts during the reign of Aurangzeb, the East India Company established powerful, coastal trading forts, British merchants gained access to interior territories, the Sepoy Mutiny failed to drive the British out of India.

British rule undermined the Indian cotton industry by

undercutting the cost of Indian cloth with cheap British textiles.