World History Chapter 32
Which of the following is NOT true about the settlement of Australia?
British domination was briefly challenged by a well-organized Maori resistance.
The phrase "White Man's Burden" was
Coined by Rudyard Kipling to describe the "duty" of Europeans to being order to foreign lands
What is the practice of sending settlers to new lands and establishing a system for dominating the local population called?
Colonialism
The Battle of Omdurman clearly demonstrated that
European troops with modern weapons could subdue a vast native army.
True or False: European trade and investment in non-European nations came only after Europeans established direct political control?
False
Imperialist ventures were seen as ways to defuse social tension at home by
Focusing attention on colonial activities
Colonial rule dramatically altered the environment in which of the following places?
India, due to tea production
Which process generated the increase demand in Europe for such raw material as tin, rubber, and copper?
Industrialization
Which of the following weapons used by imperialists was the least technologically advanced by the late nineteenth century?
Muzzle-loading muskets
Missionaries also played a role in cultural imperialism through their belief that they needed to
Spread European Values
Many imperialists argued that colonies were economically important because they
They provided a market for manufactured goods from Europe
Steamships were important in the creation of empires for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
They were much lighter than sailing ships
For strategic reasons, colonizing powers sought to gain control of foreign sea lands or harbors
To deny their use to rivals
The United States acquired Hawai`i by
annexing the islands after American planters had overthrown the monarchy.
The colonization of the Belgian Congo is noted for the
brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II.
Unlike the British in India, the French in Indochina
encouraged conversion to Christianity
The Berlin West Africa Conference in 1884-1885 established
that any European state could establish African colonies after notifying the others of its intentions and occupyingpreviously unclaimed territory.
Under British imperial rule, India was governed
with British bureaucrats and officers overseeing Indian civil servants.