Midterm- Ch. 32 Quiz: The Building of Global Empires
Q: Which of the following improved communication between India and Britain?
- completion of the Suez Canal - use of steamships - laying of submarine cables A: All of the above
Q: Proponents of "scientific racism" argued that
- race could be biologically defined and characterized. - western dominance was justified on the basis on racial superiority. - the theories of Charles Darwin supported world dominance by the "fittest" races. - people of European descent were morally superior to other races. A: All of the above
Q: The Battle of Omdurman clearly demonstrated that
A: European troops with modern weapons could subdue a vast native army.
Q: Why had most European governments abandoned concessionary companies in Africa by the early twentieth century?
A: The brutal use of forced African labor by companies provoked a public outcry in Europe.
Q: Cecil Rhodes was
A: a leading British imperialist active in south Africa.
Q: The colonization of the Belgian Congo is noted for the
A: brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II.
Q: Unlike the British in India, the French in Indochina
A: encouraged conversion to Christianity.
Q: One social goal of the British authorities in India was to
A: establish English-style schools for children of Indian elites.
Q: The Berlin West Africa Conference in 1884-1885 established
A: that, if a European power indicated its intention to colonize and then proceeded to occupy an African territory, it could claim that colony.
Q: One striking difference between the British and the French imperial models in Africa is that
A: the British preferred to use local institutions to control subject populations.
Q: The "white man's burden" proposed by Rudyard Kipling referred to the
A: the moral duty of the west to work to "civilize" the rest of the world.
Q: British rule undermined the Indian cotton industry by
A: undercutting the cost of Indian cloth with cheap British textiles.
