WAHP Unit 6 Test
The freight transported on the railways to the ports of Buenos Aires and La Plata most likely consisted largely of
Argentinian meat and raw materials for export to Great Britain and Europe
The table indicates that Indian labor migration to Trinidad in the mid- to late nineteenth century shared which of the following patterns with global migration processes in the same period?
Both Indian migration to Trinidad and global migration in general involved migrants who were mostly male.
The revenues section of the table can best be used to illustrate which of the following continuities between pre-1900 and post-1900 European imperialism?
Colonial powers sought to extract wealth and economic resources from the colonized peoples.
The division of islands such as Borneo, New Guinea, and Timor on both maps best reflects which of the following?
Conquest by and competition between colonial empires
Based on the third paragraph, Stanley's vision of the future of the Congo River basin can best be seen as part of which of the following late-nineteenth-century developments? Responses
Economic imperialism
Railways in Argentina, 1899 Argentina's main railway lines were owned by British companies during this period. The British ownership of most of Argentina's main railway lines can best be described as an example of which of the following late-nineteenth-century developments?
Economic imperialism
INFORMATION ON PROFITS AND RISKS OF VARIOUS INVESTMENT TYPES, PROVIDED BY ENGLISH COMMERCIAL BANKS AND OTHER PRIVATE LENDERS TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS, 1750 TO 1800 An increase in the number of overseas investment opportunities such as those shown in the table in the nineteenth century most strongly contributed to which of the following processes?
Economic imperialism in Asia and Latin America, as Western individuals and businesses pressured their governments to protect their investments
The railway network shown on the map most likely contributed to the large-scale migration of which of the following groups in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
European settlers choosing freely to emigrate from Europe
A. Ivanov, Russian writer, A Century Since the Integration of the Crimea into Russia, book published in Russia in 1883 The expansion of the Russian Empire in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is primarily explained in the context of which of the following global developments? Responses
European states acquiring growing technological and military advantages over non-European societies to expand their power
The photograph best illustrates which of the following aspects of European colonial policies in nineteenth-century Africa?
European states imposing their culture in an attempt to spread their values among colonial populations
The commodities listed by Stanley in the second paragraph can best be understood in the context of Responses
Europeans' need for resources to be used in industrial production
Which of the following pieces of data from the table most directly contradicts the claims of European imperial powers that colonies existed for the benefit of the colonized?
Expenditures on administrative salaries were far greater than what was spent on public works and infrastructure.
Long-distance immigration to the Americas in the late nineteenth century most often contributed to which of the following processes?
Growing rates of urbanization as migrants predominantly settled in cities in the receiving societies
Ferdinando Martini, governor of the Italian colony of Eritrea, Concerning Africa, 1897 The author's statement that descendants of Italian emigrants "ended up forgetting the language of their fathers and forefathers" most directly refers to which of the following aspects of nineteenth-century migration? Responses
Immigrants often adopted the dominant culture of the state in receiving societies.
The numbers in Column B are most likely a reflection of which trend that affected many migrants in the late nineteenth century?
Migrants often lacked opportunities for economic and social advancement as a result of anti-immigrant prejudice and racism in the receiving societies.
The letter's reference in the third paragraph to the claims of "our doctors and scientists" is best understood in the context of which of the following late nineteenth-century processes?
Physical differences between genders and racial groups were used to justify the denial of rights to women and non-Europeans.
PHOTOGRAPH OF A FRENCH SCHOOL IN ALGIERS, INCLUDED IN A FRENCH GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SHOWING SCENES FROM COLONIAL ALGERIA, 1857. The title of the photograph is "French Arab School in Algiers Under the Supervision of the Colonial Arab Bureau, Class Taught by Monsieur Depielle." The writing on the chalkboard reads: "My children, love France, your new homeland." The rapid expansion of European empires in Africa in the late nineteenth century is best explained in the context of which of the following?
Political rivalries between European states encouraging diplomatic agreements that reserved colonies for European powers
A historian analyzing the lecture would most likely argue that the audience of Chakravarti's lecture is significant because it shows the most direct contrast with which of the following developments in the nineteenth century?
Religious movements often inspired rebellions against imperial rule.
The ability of the French colonial government in Algeria to establish schools for the native Algerian population can best be seen as part of which of the following broader developments in European colonialism in the late nineteenth century?
Some European states strengthened their control over their existing colonies.
Source 1: Native Australians from the Poonindie Mission, southern Australia, petition to the Australian government, 1894 Source 2: Native Australians from the Point McLeay Mission, open letter published in The Advertiser newspaper, Adelaide, southern Australia, 1907 In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the relationship between Native and White Australians was most similar to the relationship between Native and White groups in which other place?
South Africa
The artist's perspective on the subject of the painting was most likely influenced by which of the following?
The Enlightenment
INDENTURED AND POST-INDENTURED WORKERS FROM INDIA EMPLOYED ON SUGAR PLANTATIONS ON THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD, BRITISH CARIBBEAN, 1854-1910 Which of the following processes in the nineteenth century most directly created the economic needs filled by Indian indentured servants in the Caribbean? Responses
The abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and of slavery in British colonies
In its description of the condition of the Crimean Tatars, the second paragraph most directly provides evidence of the influence of which of the following?
The concept of the civilizing mission
Maps of SE Asia During the nineteenth century, which of the following most directly motivated the major expansion of imperial territories in Southeast Asia as shown in Map 1 ?
The desire to extract resources and raw materials
Late-nineteenth-century transoceanic labor migrations were most directly facilitated by which of the following developments?
The development of new, more affordable methods of transportation
Which of the following most likely explains the land loss suffered by Native Australians as described in Source 1 ?
The growth of Australia's White settler population as a result of migration from Europe
"It is not too much to hope that, with the building of a branch railway to this region, European piece goods might be imported so as to undersell the native cloth. And the effect would be that not only would a larger supply of the raw material be obtained—for the cotton that is now spun into yarn in Berar would be exported—but also the large local population now employed in spinning and weaving would be made available for agricultural labor, and thus the jungle land might be broken up." Harry Rivett-Carnac, British cotton commissioner for Berar province, India, annual report, 1869 A historian interpreting the policies advocated for in the passage would most likely argue that they are best explained in the context of which of the following?
The importance of raw materials to the development of industrial economies
Letter from an anonymous female reader to the Egyptian journal Al-Hilal, 1894 The disputes over women's social status alluded to in the letter best reflect which of the following late nineteenth-century changes in Middle Eastern societies?
The spread of intellectual and political ideals that advocated for natural rights
Which of the following groups in late-nineteenth-century Egypt would have been most likely to support the author's view in the third paragraph about the status of women in "modern civilization" ?
The urban middle class
AGOSTINO BRUNIAS, ITALIAN PAINTER, PAINTING SHOWING FREE WOMEN OF MIXED RACIAL ANCESTRY WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND SERVANTS IN DOMINICA, A BRITISH COLONY IN THE WEST INDIES, LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Which of the following best describes the artist's likely purpose in painting this particular subject?
To argue for the respectability of free people of color
Which of the following most likely explains the differences in the perceived risk associated with investing in land in Britain and investing in land in India, as shown in the table?
While improvements in agricultural productivity made investing in land in Britain relatively safe, Britain was still in the process of securing its control over India.
Li Zhou, laborer from Guangzhou province in southern China, interview given to a reporter in the United States describing his journey to the United States in the 1860s On a global scale, the gender makeup of the migrants referred to in the second paragraph best helps to explain which of the following social changes in home societies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Women taking on new roles that had been formerly occupied by men
The authors of Source 2 most likely mentioned the subject of how the money set aside by the government for "Aboriginal Affairs" was being spent in order to
argue that government corruption is harming Native Australians
On a global scale, the implementation of the types of policies that Rivett-Carnac advocated for in the passage is most significant in that it directly led to the
growth of nationalist movements in colonial societies against imperial rule
The second paragraph best provides information about the way in which states in the nineteenth century
justified territorial expansion by claiming that they were bringing progress to conquered regions
Bholanath Chakravarti, Bengali religious scholar, lecture at a meeting of a Hindu reformist society, Kolkata, India, 1876 The author's political point of view can be most clearly seen in the way in which the passage
omits any mention of the economic exploitation and resource extraction practiced by the British in India
Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American journalist, explorer, and agent for King Leopold of Belgium's Congo Free State, The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State, book published in 1885 Stanley's description of the riches of the Congo in the first two paragraphs can best be seen as an attempt to
place European expansion in the Congo in the context of other imperial ventures that had seemed difficult at first but have subsequently turned out to be highly valuable
Martini's argument in the second paragraph most clearly refers to the late-nineteenth-century belief that imperialism was a useful way to
relieve overcrowding and land shortages in European countries
The arguments expressed in the passage are significant because they help explain why
social divisions within colonial societies often hindered the efforts of anticolonial movements to overthrow imperial rule
Rivett-Carnac's point of view is directly relevant in understanding all of the following features of the report EXCEPT
the fact that the report states the railroad would lead to a reduction in the area of Berar covered by jungle
Taken together, the two documents best support the conclusion that Native Australians
used political activism to draw attention to their social and economic plight
Italian and German imperial presence in Africa were similar in that both countries
were newly unified nations that began colonizing later than other European powers