Unit 6 Study

The photograph best supports which of the following inferences about French colonial rule in Tahiti in the 1880?

Colonial authorities attempted to impart a sense of French national identity to native Tahitians.

Based on an analysis of the Japanese currency used during the Meiji period (1868—1912) shown above, which of the following is the primary message conveyed by the engraving?

The Japanese government saw itself as a major Pacific power.

Which of the following best describes the likely purpose of the photograph?

To reassure the French public of the civilizing effects of colonial rule and the loyalty of colonial populations

The misfortunes and decline of this country [Bengal, a region in eastern India] began on the day of the Muslim conquest. 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

(Big Ass Chart) 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 Australian nation is another case of a great civilization supplanting a lower race unable to make full use of the land and its resources." Based on the passage, the author would most likely have agreed with which of the following statements?

Britain had contributed to human progress by taking over new colonies in Africa.

Based on image 1 , painter most likely viewed China as?... (Ponytails)

China was behind Europe in Cultural & Scientifically Development

"Let us take North America, for instance, and the richest portion of it..." 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?

Economic imperialism

The Crimea!* Once a flourishing and wealthy colony of ancient Greeks... 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?

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 Australian nation is another case of a great civilization supplanting a lower race unable to make full use of the land and its resources." In the late 1800s, attitudes such as the one expressed in the passage had contributed most directly to which of the following?

European states' competition to acquire overseas colonies

The Australian nation is another case of a great civilization supplanting a lower race unable to make full use of the land and its resources. The founding of "the Australian nation," as alluded to in the passage, was part of which of the following processes?

European states' establishment of settler colonies

"Let us take North America, for instance, and the richest portion of it..." The commodities listed by Stanley in the second paragraph can best be understood in the context of

Europeans' need for resources to be used in industrial production

When I was ten years old, I worked on my father's farm, digging, hoeing, and gathering and carrying our crop. 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

The French educational practice in Image 2 likely contributed to which problems?

Helped the French colonies feel a sense of Independent Nationalism

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

The misfortunes and decline of this country [Bengal, a region in eastern India] began on the day of the Muslim conquest. 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 yellow and white races which are to be found on the globe have been endowed by nature with intelligence and fighting capacity. They are fundamentally incapable of giving way to each other. The quotation above by an early-twentieth century Chinese revolutionary illustrates the influence of

Social Darwinism

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.

(Big Ass Chart) Which of the following processes in the nineteenth century most directly created the economic needs filled by Indian indentured servants in the Caribbean?

The abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and of slavery in British colonies

"The Crimea!* Once a flourishing and wealthy colony of ancient Greeks..." 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

When I was ten years old, I worked on my father's farm, digging, hoeing, and gathering and carrying our crop. 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

Political declaration of the Eighth Conference of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), rebel group, Colombia, 1993 The conditions described in the passage are best seen as a continuation of which of the following nineteenth-century developments?

The practice of economic imperialism by industrialized states

Which of the following events would have been most likely to produce a cultural context similar to the one depicted in the image?

The scramble for Africa

"When I was ten years old, I worked on my father's farm, digging, hoeing, and gathering and carrying our crop. 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 Crimea!* Once a flourishing and wealthy colony of ancient Greeks..." 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

The misfortunes and decline of this country [Bengal, a region in eastern India] began on the day of the Muslim conquest. 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

"Let us take North America, for instance, and the richest portion of it..." 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