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The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically is called
occupation
conquest
colonialism
terra nullius
The age of colonialism began when?
The 11th Century Norman conquest of England by William the Conqueror
The fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th Century
The discovery of Australia by Capt James Cook
In the 15th century with the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta
During the period 1600-1800, from which continent did the majority of slaves come from?
South America
Africa
Asia
Europe
Which of the following European nations did not take part in the colonisation of the "New World"?
United Kingdom
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
France
Which country was responsible for the Raj in India?
Pakistan
China
Great Britain
Portugal
At the beginning of WWI 90% of Africa was under European control. Which country held the most at 30%?
Belgium
Italy
Great Britain
Holland / Netherlands
Which country invaded Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935 before the outbreak of WWII?
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
France
Which country occupied most of the Congo in Africa during the 19th and 20th century?
Germany
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Which countries had colonies in North America prior to the American War of Independence?
France, Britain
Spain, France, Britain
Britain, Spain, Germany
Britain, Belgium, France
Which European nation had the largest colony in South East Asia in the region known as the East Indies, now known as Indonesia?
Britain
Germany
Holland / The Netherlands
Spain
France
When Christopher Columbus thought he had landed in the East Indies (Indonesia) in 1492, where had he actually landed?
The site later to names Columbus, Georgia on the east coast of the USA
Columbia (South America)
The Bahamas
The site later to become Washington DC (District of Columbia)
Which European explorer was the first recorded to have landed in New Holland, as Australia used to be known?
British explorer, navigator and cartographer James Cook
Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres
Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman
From which country was the explorer who landed on the north shore of Botany Bay on 26 January 1788, the same day that Arthur Phillip and the first fleet arrived in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) after first arriving in Botany Bay 8 days earlier and not liking it and moving on? (extra time because it's such a long question and you had so much to read and it takes so much longer and is probably more confusing when there is too much to read. I apologise for making you read so much). I bet your English teacher would mark me down for rambling on so much.
Britain
New Zealand
Spain
France
Settled by the Lapita people around 3500 years ago and known as the Navigator Islands during Age of Exploration, Samoa was a German colony prior to WWI. Less than 200km to the east, a whole day behind on the other side of the international date line, which country colonised the other part of Samoa?
New Zealand
Britain
USA
France
Which of these countries was NOT a colony of Britain?
Australia
Fiji
Canada
New Guinea
India
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