Chapter 33 - The Building of Global Empires

The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in a. the Opium War. b. World War I. c. the Spanish-American War. d. the Filipino Civil War. e. the War of 1812.

c. the Spanish-American War.

Under British control, Ceylon became a major producer of a. cotton. b. tea. c. indigo. d. rubber. e. pineapple.

b. tea.

The chief victim of late nineteenth-century European imperialistic expansion was a. Africa. b. Oceania. c. central Asia. d. South America. e. southern Asia.

a. Africa.

The Monroe Doctrine a. opened Japan to U.S. trade. b. handed the Philippines over to the United States. c. gave the British an inroad into New Zealand. d. worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs. e. ensured that neither the Europeans nor the Americans would ever interfere in western hemispheric affairs.

d. worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs.

Submarine cables linked all parts of the British empire throughout the world by a. 1902. b. 1853. c. 1815. d. 1972. e. 1945.

a. 1902.

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. Cecil Rhodes b. Theodore Roosevelt c. Simón Bolívar d. Ito Hirobumi e. Otto von Bismarck

a. Cecil Rhodes

The Boers were a. Dutch settlers in South Africa. b. Malaysian tribal chieftains who allied with the Dutch. c. east African coastal merchants. d .Australian aborigines. e. Indians who served as soldiers for the British.

a. Dutch settlers in South Africa.

Which matching of imperial power and colony is not correct? a. United States and Fiji b. France and Tahiti c. Germany and the Marshall Islands d. Dutch and Indonesia e. England and New Zealand

a. United States and Fiji

The Berlin Conference a. devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa. b. set up a timetable for decolonization in Africa. c. ended the Crimean War. d. legitimized the German colonization of the Marshall Islands. e. established the Triple Alliance.

a. devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa.

In regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americans a. proved to be just as racist as the Europeans. b. never saw the need to expand. c. were much more tolerant and respectful of their colonies than the Europeans were. d. expanded for very different reasons than the Europeans did. e. drew a sharp distinction between their enlightened sense of rule and that of the Europeans.

a. proved to be just as racist as the Europeans.

Emilio Aguinaldo led an uprising in a. the Philippines against the United States. b. Indonesia against the Dutch. c. Brazil against the Portuguese. d. Fiji against the British. e. Mexico against the Spanish.

a. the Philippines against the United States.

The Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by a. Germany. b. Belgium. c. England. d. Italy. e. France.

b. Belgium.

The Scottish minister who, while searching for suitable missionary posts, traveled through much of central and southern Africa was a. John Speke. b. David Livingstone. c. Henry Morton Stanley. d. Richard Burton. e. Cecil Rhodes.

b. David Livingstone.

In 1876, Korea was forced to accept an unequal trading treaty by a. France. b. Japan. c. Germany. d. the United States. e. England.

b. Japan.

The Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over a. Mongolia. b. Korea. c. Vietnam. d. Burma. e. Siberia.

b. Korea.

The author of The White Man's Burden was a. Theodore Roosevelt. b. Rudyard Kipling. c. Otto von Bismarck. d. Cecil Rhodes. e. Arthur de Gobineau.

b. Rudyard Kipling.

Which of the following was NOT one of the core beliefs of Ram Mohan Roy? a. He wanted to improve the status of women by providing them with property rights. b. The sati must remain as a symbol of India's long history and spiritual priority. c. He tried to bring Hindu spirituality to bear on the problems of his own time. d. He tried to improve education for women. e. He believed in the construction of a society based on European science and devotional Hinduism.

b. The sati must remain as a symbol of India's long history and spiritual priority.

The Suez Canal was essential for a. the maintenance of the Ottoman empire. b. Spanish control over the Philippines. c. British control over India. d. facilitating trade between both U.S. coasts. e. French control over Vietnam.

c. British control over India.

Between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of a. the Dutch. b. England. c. France. d. Germany. e. the United States.

c. France.

After the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani in 1893, the United States took over a. the Philippines. b. Cuba. c. Hawai`i. d. Puerto Rico. e. Guam.

c. Hawai`i.

Japan became a major imperial power after its victory in the a. Korean War. b. Crimean War. c. Russo-Japanese War. d. Sino-Japanese War. e. Opium War.

c. Russo-Japanese War.

By 1900, the only part of southeast Asia not under European imperial rule was a. Cambodia. b. Laos. c. Siam. d. Malaysia. e. Vietnam.

c. Siam.

Cecil Rhodes was a. the British military leader who was responsible for a boom in naval expansion. b. the first leader of an independent Canada. c. a leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa. d. the American politician who articulated the belief in manifest destiny. e. responsible for the philosophy that we know as social Darwinism.

c. a leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa.

The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were a. American soldiers looking for an excuse to pry India away from British control. b. French agents working to cause unrest in an important British colony. c. disgruntled sepoy troops. d. Russian military officials looking for an advantage in the Great Game. e. the representatives of the Indian National Congress.

c. disgruntled sepoy troops.

The Treaty of Waitangi a. ended the Spanish-American War. b. opened Australia's interior to British exploration. c. placed the Maori under British protection. d. finalized the British takeover of Fiji. e. ended the Sino-Japanese War.

c. placed the Maori under British protection.

The most important Indian reform group, founded in 1885, was the a. All-India Muslim League. b. Hindu-Muslim Cooperation League. c. East India Company. d. Indian National Congress. e. Hindu Independence Forum.

d. Indian National Congress.

The Maji Maji rebellion occurred in a. Fiji against the British. b. Vietnam against the French. c. Hawai`i against the Americans. d. Tanganyika against the Germans. e. Indonesia against the Dutch.

d. Tanganyika against the Germans.

New South Wales in Australia started as a. an experimental Utopian Socialist commune. b. a plantation colony for the production of cotton. c. a major trading port because of its central location. d. a settlement for convicts. e. a colony for persecuted religious sects from England.

d. a settlement for convicts.

In response to Indian resistance, the British in 1909 a. made India a colony. b. sent in troops and arrested all the major Indian independence leaders. c. granted India self-governing status within the British empire. d. allowed wealthy Indians to elect representatives to local legislative councils. e. granted India complete independence.

d. allowed wealthy Indians to elect representatives to local legislative councils.

Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau viewed Europeans as a. somewhat intelligent but remarkably energetic. b. dull and arrogant. c. smart but docile. d. intelligent and morally superior to all other peoples in the world. e. unintelligent and lazy.

d. intelligent and morally superior to all other peoples in the world.

In 1906, the Indian National Congress a. unilaterally declared independence for India from British rule. b. declared war on the All-India Muslim League. c. denied the requests of its more radical members for independence. d. joined forces with the All-India Muslim League. e. rejected the claims of Pakistan for the return of border lands.

d. joined forces with the All-India Muslim League.

The battle of Omdurman a. led to the collapse of the Ottoman empire. b. doomed Russia to defeat in the Russo-Japanese War. c. allowed France to establish a colony in Vietnam. d. opened the door for British colonial rule in Sudan. e. ensured British domination over New Zealand.

d. opened the door for British colonial rule in Sudan.

Rudyard Kipling's poem, The White Man's Burden, was actually meant to inspire the Americans to colonize a. Canada. b. Mexico. c. Brazil. d. the Philippines. e. Vietnam.

d. the Philippines.

The term Great Game refers to a. the German conflict with the British and French for control of Africa. b. the British and French rivalry for control of India. c. the Japanese and Chinese contest for domination of Manchuria. d. the Russian push into central Asia. e. the U.S. view of their easy victory in the Spanish-American War.

d. the Russian push into central Asia.

Ram Mohan Roy was responsible for a. leading a movement to eliminate traditional Indian thought and replace it with European science. b. putting together the alliance of Indian princes that allowed England to conquer India. c. inspiring the Sepoy uprising of 1857. d. trying to create a society based on European science and devotional Hinduism. e. the creation of the All-India Muslim League.

d. trying to create a society based on European science and devotional Hinduism.

Between 1800 and 1914, how many Europeans migrated overseas? a. 15 million b. 10 million c. 5 million d. 7 million e. 50 million

e. 50 million

Which of the following reasons account for the large number of languages that have become extinct during the period from 1500 to 2000? a. Some languages are not easily translatable into the world's most-spoken languages. b. Increased contact among formerly isolated groups. c. The world community decided to reduce the number of languages. d. Increased human migrations into already populated areas of the earth. e. Both b. and d. are correct.

e. Both b. and d. are correct.

By the late 19th century, the world's leading producer of cotton was a. the United States. b. Brazil. c. Turkey. d. Egypt. e. India.

e. India.

The social Darwinists believed that a. only a socialist political and social structure would keep humans from destroying themselves. b. a sharp distinction had to be made between the biological and social worlds. c. human beings had reached the point at which competition among nations was no longer necessary. d. more powerful nations had to protect weaker nations. e. powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.

e. powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.

The "Roosevelt Corollary" strengthened U.S. military and economic claims in which area of the world? a. Africa b. China c. lands in the Pacific not including Australia and New Zealand d. Indochina e. those territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the United States

e. those territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the United States