Chapter 21 study guide multiple choice/true and false, Ch 22 history test Japan part, Chapter 22
The Taiping Rebellion
"peaked" with the rebel capture of the old Ming capital of Nanjing
Progressive party
Favored distribution of power between leg. And exec. branches
What was the general idea of Thomas Babington Macaulay's educational policy for Britain's Indian subjects?
We should produce a class that is Indian in blood and color but English in taste and intellect.
In the second half of the nineteenth century
a Frenchman built the Suez Canal, but it ultimately came under British control.
Treaty of kanagawa
(After Mathew perry) Shipwrecked American shoulders to be returned. Opened 2 ports. Est. a consulate in Japan's soil,
The individual who said that "My ruling purpose is the extension of the British empire throughout the world" was
Cecil Rhodes
The missionary who urged Europeans to introduce the "three Cs" (Christianity, commerce and civilization) was
David Livingstone.
Meiji economic policies
Developed close linked bussiness govt. relationship which accelerated growth
The Boers were predominantly of what ethnic background?
Dutch
The Philippine guerrilla leader who failed to thwart the United States conquest was
Emilio Aguinaldo.
Remote location and mountainous terrain spared which of the following from colonial rule?
Ethiopia Afghanistan.
On balance, one can accurately say that all of the following are correct except
Europeans left no legacy of any sort in their colonies.
Lord Macartney's trip to Beijing in 1793
Failed, as the Chinese government did not want additional trade with Britain
True or False? In Africa, security concerns and national prestige were always secondary to economic interests
False
Liberal party (Japan)
Favored reforms based on the western model, favored parliaments power
The sino Japanese war
Forced China to cede Taiwan and laiodpng to japan
Colonial policies reflecting a relative lack of racist attitudes, and the revolutionary belief in the universality of human nature, were practiced by
France.
Emphasis on assimilation of African subjects to European culture, rather than preserving local traditions originated with the
French.
The Opium war
Gave Britain control of Hong Kong
Which of the following pairs, naming the European power and its African holding, is not correct?
Germany - Congo
Among the first British colonies in West Africa was
Gold Coast.
Imperialism in Japan
Got Taiwan. Ports added to Korea. Japan vs China when Korea rebelled.
Togugawa shogunate
Isolated japan. Manufacturing amd commercial sector changes would lead to their end.
A rising non-western nation that avoided colonial subjugation by pursuing a concerted strategy of political and economic reform was
Japan.
Commodore Mathew perry
Sailed to Japan for a fueling station, and proposed that they open foreign relations between them. Eventually Japan agreed.
Which of the following led a peasant revolt in Burma against colonial rule?
Saya San
Which African country, with a temperate climate in its Central Highlands, attracted a relatively large European population?
Senegal
To try to increase trade profits in China, the British
Shipped large amounts of opium into China at a massive profit
Which of the following denotes an accurate order of events?
Slave trade illegalized by Britain / French seizure of Algeria / Opening of Suez Canal / Berlin Conference over Africa / Boer War
Which of the following was not a feature of the treaty that ended the Opium War?
The British agreed to stop exporting opium to China
Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the nature of the opium War?
The British used Chinese objections to opium importation as a pretext to unilaterally invade China and forcibly open it to Western trade
Within the context of Western economic expansion into the regions of Africa and Asia during the nineteenth century, the term imperialism means the forceful appropriation of all except
a substitution of African and Asia cultural norms in place of traditional European culture.
By combining the old Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer Republics in 1910, the British created the
Union of South Africa.
Japanese culture During the Meiji restoration
Was charactarized by a period of fascination in western art, followed by a period of reaction, where artists searched for Japanese modes of statement
All of the following statements about Zanzibar are true except that it was
a first capital of south Africa after the Boer War.
All of the following are correct about the slave trade except it
it revived in East Asia because of the opium trade.
Generally speaking, European colonialism was
largely exploitation, usually accompanied by condescension.
In the political realm, ultimate control of European colonies in Asia and Africa was
maintained by force.
Quinine was used by Europeans to provide partial immunity from
malaria.
In the nineteenth century, European nations exploited areas of Asia and Africa for the following except
manufactured goods to be sent from Asia to Europe.
Muhammad Ali
modernized Egypt and extended its hegemony over neighboring regions.
David Livingstone
obtained great fame from his African missionary and anti-slavery work.
In Southeast Asia, imperialist governments
often blended direct and indirect rule, with the latter used widely in rural areas such as Malaya.
"New" products that European nations sought to obtain from colonies in Africa and Asia in the nineteenth century included
oil, tin and rubber.
Ran Mohan Roy's major motivation in creating the Brahmo Samaj was to
provide Hinduism with protection against verbal attacks by British colonialists.
In the nineteenth century, imperialism
was motivated by a desire to control markets as well as raw materials.
The Boer War
was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer Transvaal.
the "spheres of influence"
were in part the result of local Chinese strongmen to sell exclusive economic privileges to foreign governments and their merchants
The opening of the Suez Canal preceded the Berlin Conference over Africa.
true
The term 'neo-colonialism' refers to European colonial tactics after World War II.
true
Thailand
was able to remain independent because France and Britain preferred that it remain so in order to serve as a buffer between their colonial territories.
True or False? In 1800, the Qing or Manchu dynasty was at the height of its power
True
True or False? In order to protect their investment in the Suez Canal, the British established an informal protectorate in Egypt that lasted until World War 1
True
The individual who left a massive estate to create a worldwide British Empire to "civilize" the world
Cecil Rhodes.
Treaty of shimonoseki
China cedes Taiwan and liaodong but they recognize kore as independent e
Kokutai
Concept of Japanese's unique system with supreme power in the empower
The new modernizing polices of the Meiji govt included:
Confiscation of lands controlled by daimyo
Hong Xiuquan
was the Christian leader of the Taiping rebellion
The Great Trek
was the northeastward advance of the Boers after the British take-over of the Cape Colony.
By 1900, the seizure of what region was included in the Indochinese Union?
Cambodia
The idea to preserve local African culture and traditions under colonial administration is associated with the
British.
Which of the following is not a true statement about nineteenth-century Western expansion in Southeast Asia?
Burma retained its independence.
After the fall of the shogunate,
Rural Pop. Of surfs transformed into citizens
Which of the following cities became a major colonial manufacturing center?
Batavia
Japanese imperialism
Agreed to accept USA control over Philippines in return for recognition of Japanese annexation of Korea.
In 1894, Quing went to war with Japan over _____
Korea
In 1894, the Qing went to war with Japan over
Korea
Tokugawa only maintained relation with ____
Korea
The upper Nile was the area of two major confrontations in the late 1800s between the British and the
Mahdi at Khartoum and the French at Fashodaoda
The "sat-cho" alliance did not
Never accept modernization of Japan
Meiji restoration
New Meiji leaders tried to modernize. They embarked on reforms, came up with new jap. Govt. by studying other countries govts.
Meiji constitution of 1890
Progressive party made it. Based of Bismark model. Authority mainly in exec. Branch. Kokutai was its principle, was the: concept of the Japanese govt.'s uniqueness based on emperors supreme authority.
Charter oath 1868
Promised to create a new assembly within the imperialism club.
Which of the following can be said to be a benefit of colonialism in Southeast Asia?
The beginnings of a modern economic infrastructure
Which of the following was not linked to the European "missionary factor" as a motivation to conquer the peoples of Africa?
The competition among the European powers to create an African industrial revolution
Which area did the French rule as a protectorate?
The northern parts of Indochina.
What factor spurred the rise in Christian missionary work in East Africa in the nineteenth century?
The persistence of the slave trade in East Africa.
True or False? Hong Xiuquan claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ
True
The term 'neocolonialism' refers to European colonial tactics
after former European colonies were replaced by independent nation-states.
The Sepoy Mutiny was caused by
animal fat and lard that was on the rifle cartridges used by the Sepoy troops, which upset both Hindu and Muslim soldiers.
Imperialistic activity in Africa
caused a good deal of international rivalry, as illustrated by the tense face-off between British and French forces at Fashoda.
The British Raj
established a new school system to educate the children of the elite.
The Berlin Conference of 1884
established guidelines to ease the frictions created by European ambitions in Africa.
Afrikaners were black African opponents of the Dutch Boers in South Africa
false
In general, the British preferred direct rule, while the French usually implemented indirect rule in their African colonies.
false
In order to avoid violence and to gain the popular support of colonial peoples, the Europeans generally quickly introduced democratic institutions in their colonies.
false
In the nineteenth century, "legitimate trade" unfortunately still included the African slave trade.
false
European powers rushed to increase their penetration of Africa because of all except
fear of Russian economic expansion into Central Africa
In his famous poem "The White Man's Burden," Rudyard Kipling expressed the idea that whites
had a moral responsibility to lift Africans from a state of lower societal development.
British colonial policies
helped to end the slave trade in Africa and thuggee and sati in India.
The major economic objective of the "civilizing mission" was to
integrate native societies into the global economic market.
It can be said that the first stage in the development of modern nationalism is
resistance to colonial conquest, often based on traditional cultural factors.
East Africa was
saw a struggle over the slave trade between Christian missionaries and Muslim merchants.
The Open Door Policy
served to calm the increasingly frantic pace of Western imperialism in China
In terms of resistance to imperial control, it can be accurately said that
some traditional resistance movements had significant religious dimensions, such as the revolts under the Mahdi in the Sudan and under Saya San in Burma.
In southern Africa during the 1800s
the British were more sympathetic to the rights of the local population than were the Boers.
In assessing the impact of nineteenth-century imperialism, it can accurately be said that
the consequences of imperialism are more complex than was earlier believed.
In Southeast Asia, the European emphasis on cash crops led in many areas to the replacement of subsistence agriculture by the growth of large plantations.
true
In most of East Asia, such as in Japan, imperialism did not result in the establishment of formal Western colonial control.
true
Slavery in Africa continued well after it had been abolished by European nations.
true