Test 3: Chapter 28
The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in a. World War I c. The Filipino Civil War b. the War of 1812. D. the Spanish-Cuban-American War.
D
Essay. What were the legacies of nineteenth-century imperialism? What was anti colonialism? In what ways is the world today shaped by the actions of nineteenth-century imperialists?
It is safe to say that nineteenth-century imperialism permanently changed economic, social, and political traditions around the world, and created the context for all subsequent global development.
In the nineteenth century, the majority of indentured laborers came from a. India b. China c. Ireland d. Africa
A
The Suez Canal facilitated a. the building and maintenance of empires. b. Spanish control over the Philippines. c. French control over Vietnam. d. the maintenance of the Ottoman empire.
A
The most significant territorial loss for the Ottomans was a. Egypt b. Serbia c. Istanbul d. Greece
A
After the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893, the United States took over a. Cuba b. Hawai`i c. Guam d. Puerto Rico
B
Between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of a. England b. France c. the Dutch d. Germany
B
The Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by a. Italy b. Belgium c. England d. France
B
The Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over a. Burma b. Korea c. Mongolia d. Vietnam
B
The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were a. Russian military officials looking for an advantage in the Great Game. b. disgruntled sepoy troops. c. French agents working to cause unrest in an important British colony. d. the representatives of the Indian National Congress. e. American soldiers looking for an excuse to pry India away from British control.
B
New South Wales in Australia started as a. a plantation colony for the production of cotton. b. a major trading port because of its central location. c. a settlement for convicts. d. a colony for persecuted religious sects from England.
C
The Monroe Doctrine a. opened Japan to U.S. trade. b. gave the British an inroad into New Zealand. c. worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs. d. handed the Philippines over to the United States.
C
The Roosevelt Corollary strengthened U.S. military and economic claims in which area of the world? a. China b. Africa c. those territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the United States d. lands in the Pacific not including Australia and New Zealand
C
Under British control, Ceylon became a major producer of a. Cotton b. pineapple c. tea d. rubber.
C
Cecil Rhodes was a. the British military leader who was responsible for a boom in naval expansion. b. responsible for the philosophy that we know as social Darwinism. c. the first leader of an independent Canada. d. a leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa
D
Emilio Aguinaldo led an uprising in a. Mexico against the Spanish c. Indonesia against the Dutch b. Fiji against the British d. the Philippines against the United States.
D
In regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americans a. were much more tolerant and respectful of their colonies than were the Europeans. b. expanded for very different reasons than did the Europeans. c. never saw the need to expand. d. proved to be just as racist as the Europeans
D
Japan became a major imperial power after its victory in the a. Sino-Japanese War c. Korean War b. Crimean War d. Russo-Japanese War.
D
The Boers were a. east African coastal merchants. b. Malaysian tribal chieftains who allied with the Dutch. c. Australian aborigines. d. Dutch settlers in South Africa.
D
The social Darwinists believed that a. a sharp distinction had to be made between the biological and social worlds. b. only a socialist political and social structure would keep humans from destroying themselves. c. more powerful nations had to protect weaker nations. d. powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.
D
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"? a. Simón Bolívar c. Theodore Roosevelt b. Ito Hirobumi d. Cecil Rhodes
D
