Chapter 4
The Middle East was colonized: alongside the scramble for Africa as a part of the chartered trading corporation era after the end of WWI during the Iberian expansion period
after the end of WWI
What is the most common form of slavery and human trafficking in the modern world? domestic work sex-slaves child labor in factories mining minerals like diamonds
sex-slaves
Colonial drain resulted in: the draining of major water sources in colonies to supply the metropoles the costs of the spread of diseases throughout the colonies the colonies draining the wealth of the metropoles as they became too expensive to maintain resources being taken from the colonies to the metropoles
resources being taken from the colonies to the metropoles
Chartered trading corporations were established primarily in which region of the world? The Caribbean Latin America Asia North America
Asia
The African Slave trade resulted in ______ million Africans being relocated from Africa and enslaved in the Western Hemisphere. 100 million 3 million 45 million 12 million
12 million
An example of a settler colony is: Argentina Thailand Sudan India
Argentina
Which of the following countries has had the most post-colonial success? Botswana Nigeria Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia
Botswana
Aside from the Triangular Trade route another 12 million Africans were enslaved by: powerful African tribal leaders Asian and Arab slave traders Indians diamond mining companies
Asian and Arab slave traders
The Iberian expansion occurred in which region of the world? Africa North America Central and South America Asia
Central and South America
The major religion in India is: Islam Christianity Hinduism Buddhism
Hinduism
The United States was a metropole to all of the following except: The Dominican Republic Cuba The Philippines Vietnam
Vietnam
The notion that imperialism is the result of the capitalists' need to spread to and exploit less developed societies was originally attributed to: Vladimir Lenin Adam Smith Karl Marx Che Guevara
Vladimir Lenin
All of the following are true about colonialism except: colonial powers were able to maintain some peace in places that previously had conflicts colonial powers established institutions that empowered native peoples colonial powers improved literacy rates amongst native populations colonial powers brought modern technologies like railroads and vaccines
colonial powers established institutions that empowered native peoples
_______ was responsible for more loss of life in Africa than resulted from the Slave Trade. tribal warfare malnutrition climate shifts disease
disease
The Berlin Conference of 1885 was held to: to establish a regime to govern the Middle East to create a partnership of global metropoles for the exchange of goods and services divide and distribute territory in Africa settle a dispute between England and Germany concerning trade
divide and distribute territory in Africa
China was colonized by: France England none of the above America
none of the above
The African slave trade lasted until: the 21st century the 1800s the 1600s the 1700s
the 1800s
Where did the vast majority of the slaves end up from the Atlantic Slave trade? the Tropics China Europe North America
the Tropics
Current underdevelopment in African can be linked to all of the following except: deepened internal mistrust amongst Africans loss of valuable resources in exchange for less valuable or destructive ones slowed population growth during the era of slavery the creation of the institution of slavery in Africa
the creation of the institution of slavery in Africa
When was the biggest wave of decolonization? the early 1900s the late 1800s the early 1800s the mid 1900s
the mid 1900s
