unit 6 mcq's apwh
A historian researching the effects of Christian missionaries' activities on local social structures in late-nineteenth-century Africa would probably find which of the following sources most useful?
African accounts of converting to Christianity
Which of the following best characterizes Western imperialist expansion in the late nineteenth century?
An unprecedented amount of territory colonized in a short period of time
"We have heard that in your own country opium is prohibited with the utmost strictness and severity — this is a strong proof that you know full well how hurtful opium is to humans. Since you do not permit it to injure your own country, you ought not to have the injurious drug transferred to another country, and above all other, not to China!" Qing government commissioner Lin Zexu to Queen Victoria of Great Britain, 1839 In the passage above, Lin Zexu is asking that the British do which of the following? Responses
Ban the sale of opium by British merchants in China
Letter from the British governor of the West African colony of Gambia to the British Committee on Nutrition in the Colonial Empire, 1936 Letter from a Kenyan medical officer to the British Committee on Nutrition in the Colonial Empire, 1937 Which of the following best summarizes the two plans for improving nutrition in Britain's colonies?
Both sources emphasize the need to enlist the cooperation of Africans in implementing colonial policies.
A historian researching international migration patterns of the nineteenth century would find which of the following sources most useful?
Census records from New York and Buenos Aires detailing the birthplaces of individuals
Which of the following scientific concepts had the greatest role in providing a justification for imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution
A historian researching factors that contributed to the rise of industrial production in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries would find which of the following types of sources most helpful?
Data on migration of rural populations to urban areas
The expansion of the Russian Empire in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is primarily explained in the context of which of the following global developments?
European states acquiring growing technological and military advantages over non-European societies to expand their power
The photograph best illustrates which of the following aspects of European colonial policies in nineteenth-century Africa?
European states imposing their culture in an attempt to spread their values among colonial populations
In the late 1800s, attitudes such as the one expressed in the passage had contributed most directly to which of the following?
European states' competition to acquire overseas colonies
The founding of "the Australian nation," as alluded to in the passage, was part of which of the following processes?
European states' establishment of settler colonies
Based on the passage, the author would most likely have agreed with which of the following statements?
Britain had contributed to human progress by taking over new colonies in Africa.
Social Darwinism was used to justify which of the following during the nineteenth century?
British colonization of India
The trade patterns shown on the map above depict
British imports of raw materials and exports of finished goods during the nineteenth century
"Extraterritoriality" can best be described as which of the following?
Exemption of foreigners from the laws of the country in which they live
In the mid-twentieth century, the presence of Chinese and Japanese populations in North America and of South Asian populations in the Caribbean and South Africa is best explained by which of the following?
Labor migrations during the nineteenth century
Which of the following most accurately describes the interactions between China and Europe in the nineteenth century?
China effectively lost its economic independence to Europe as a result of military losses to European forces.
Godfrey Uzoigwe, Nigerian historian, Britain and the Conquest of Africa, 1974 Which of the following best describes the author's main argument in the passage?
Economic motives explain much of the motivation for imperial expansion in Africa but cannot be entirely separated from other motives.
Which of the following facilitated European expansion in Asia in the nineteenth century?
Europe's development of new military technologies
Which of the following is an accurate description of relations between European states and the Ottoman Empire in the period 1815 to 1914 ?
Russian, English, and French expansion came at the expense of the Ottomans.
Based on an analysis of the Japanese currency used during the Meiji period (1868—1912) shown above, which of the following is the primary message conveyed by the engraving?
The Japanese government saw itself as a major Pacific power.
A historian interpreting the policies advocated for in the passage would most likely argue that they are best explained in the context of which of the following?
The importance of raw materials to the development of industrial economies
Which of the following best explains the changes in the population of the Hawaiian Islands from 1872 to 1878 ?
The increased presence of Asian indentured servants on Hawaiian plantations
The spread of the liberal ideas discussed in the passage was most directly a result of which of the following?
The influence of European political and educational institutions facilitated by British imperial policies in India
The trade described in the passage is best seen as an early example of which of the following?
The use of economic imperialism by European merchants and states
The image above, from seventeenth-century Ethiopia, shows the Virgin Mary and Christ Child with the merchant who commissioned the painting lying below. Ethiopia's cultural traditions reflected in the painting had which of the following effects on Ethiopia's interactions with European colonial empires in the late nineteenth century?
They provided Ethiopians with an additional rationale for resisting European encroachment.
Which of the following best describes the artist's likely purpose in painting this particular subject?
To argue for the respectability of free people of color
Which of the following best describes the likely purpose of the photograph?
To reassure the French public of the civilizing effects of colonial rule and the loyalty of colonial populations
In the late nineteenth century, European imperialism in both Africa and China was characterized by
competition among imperialist powers
During the nineteenth century, which of the following engaged in a territorial expansion most similar to the one depicted in Map 1 ?
the United states
Which of the following is a similarity between European and Asian immigrants to the Americas during the nineteenth century?
Both were attracted by employment opportunities.
The revenues section of the table can best be used to illustrate which of the following continuities between pre-1900 and post-1900 European imperialism?
Colonial powers sought to extract wealth and economic resources from the colonized peoples.
Brij Lal, Fijian historian of Indian ethnicity, article published in an academic journal, 2000 Which of the following nineteenth-century processes most directly contributed to the migration of Indian laborers to Fiji as described in the passage?
Colonial states in Asia and the Pacific relied on coerced labor to work on plantations.
Which of the following resulted from Europe's expansion overseas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
European countries acquired colonies and dominated world trade.
Which of the following facilitated the creation of European empires in Africa during the late nineteenth century?
Europeans' use of both warfare and diplomacy
The developments depicted in Map 2 most directly emerged from which of the following developments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Government-sponsored industrialization as part of the Meiji reforms
Which of the following describes the major impact of the introduction of coffee growing in places like Kenya and El Salvador after 1880 ?
Greater dependence on foreign markets by Africans and Latin Americans
Ferdinando Martini, governor of the Italian colony of Eritrea, Concerning Africa, 1897 The author's statement that descendants of Italian emigrants "ended up forgetting the language of their fathers and forefathers" most directly refers to which of the following aspects of nineteenth-century migration? Responses
Immigrants often adopted the dominant culture of the state in receiving societies.
Which of the following was among the first results of the European Industrial Revolution in other parts of the world?
Increased demand for commodities such as cotton and palm oil
Which of the following countries or regions led the world in the production of cotton cloth in 1700?
India
In the Japanese print above of the war between China and Japan (1894-1895), the artist suggests that the
Japanese showed their mastery of Western technology, dress and military bearing
Which of the following best explains all of the migration movements shown on the map above?
Labor shortages in plantation agriculture, the mineral extraction industry, and transportation projects
Which of the following statements is true of global migration patterns during the nineteenth century?
Migrants increasingly relocated from rural areas to cities.
Pearson's argument in the passage is most clearly representative of which of the following ideologies?
Social Darwinism
Which of the following processes in the nineteenth century most directly created the economic needs filled by Indian indentured servants in the Caribbean?
The abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and of slavery in British colonies
The declaration can best be understood as a rejection of which of the following ideals?
The belief that some groups of people are inherently superior to others
During the nineteenth century, which of the following most directly motivated the major expansion of imperial territories in Southeast Asia as shown in Map 1 ?
The desire to extract resources and raw materials
Which of the following developments facilitated the family situation portrayed in Brandes' sketch?
The expansion of European colonial empires in Southeast Asia
The conditions described in the passage are best seen as a continuation of which of the following nineteenth-century developments?
The practice of economic imperialism by industrialized states
Letter from an anonymous female reader to the Egyptian journal Al-Hilal, 1894 The disputes over women's social status alluded to in the letter best reflect which of the following late nineteenth-century changes in Middle Eastern societies?
The spread of intellectual and political ideals that advocated for natural rights
Which of the following most likely explains the differences in the perceived risk associated with investing in land in Britain and investing in land in India, as shown in the table?
While improvements in agricultural productivity made investing in land in Britain relatively safe, Britain was still in the process of securing its control over India.
On a global scale, the gender makeup of the migrants referred to in the second paragraph best helps to explain which of the following social changes in home societies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Women taking on new roles that had been formerly occupied by men
Anna de São Jozé da Trindade, Afro-Brazilian woman, last will and testament, 1823 As described in the passage, Anna da Trindade's life differed from the typical experience of newly arrived slaves in colonial Latin America in that she was
able to purchase her freedom
Again, another marked characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon is what may be called an instinct or genius for colonizing. His unequaled energy, his indomitable perseverance, and his personal independence, made him a pioneer. He excels all others in pushing his way into new countries." Josiah Strong, American Protestant clergyman, essay on Anglo-Saxons, 1891 The sentiments expressed in the quotation above are most supportive of which of the following concepts? Responses
Imperialism
The photo above, showing skin-tone evaluation performed on an Indonesian inmate in a Dutch colonial prison in 1933, most clearly exemplifies which of the following?
Influence of scientific theories on race
Which of the following was a major unintended effect of the publication of Charles Darwin's 1859 work On the Origin of Species?
It became the basis of various theories asserting that Europeans were naturally superior to other peoples.
Between 1750 and 1900, which of the following industrializing states created an empire?
Japan
Which of the following was the most direct political consequence of Japan's attempts to sustain the economic trend shown in the table for the period 1930-1938 ?
Japan engaged in imperial expansion to acquire access to raw materials.
Based on the passage, it can be inferred that in the late nineteenth century international relations were increasingly perceived as being governed by
Social Darwinism and international power politics
In the late nineteenth century, European involvement in both Africa and China was characterized primarily by
competition among imperialist powers
The author's political point of view can be most clearly seen in the way in which the passage
omits any mention of the economic exploitation and resource extraction practiced by the British in India
Stanley's description of the riches of the Congo in the first two paragraphs can best be seen as an attempt to
place European expansion in the Congo in the context of other imperial ventures that had seemed difficult at first but have subsequently turned out to be highly valuable
A historian might argue that the trade described in the passage reflected a turning point in world history primarily because the opium trade
shifted the pattern of historic European trade imbalances with China
