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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following actions could be taken as a part of economic imperialism?
A country attacks its neighbors to destroy their economic institutions.
A country provides financial support to its poorer neighbors.
A country takes over a neighboring territory and controls its government.
A country forces its neighbor to provide it with iron ore at extremely low prices.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following actions could be taken as part of colonialism?
A country takes over a neighboring territory and controls its government.
A country attacks its neighbors to destroy their economic institutions.
A country provides financial support to its poorer neighbors.
A country encourages its neighbors to quickly industrialize their economies.
- 3. Multiple Choice
How did the railroad influence European colonial powers in the 19th century?
It encouraged them to sell technology to colonies rather than to directly rule them.
It allowed them to move people and goods rapidly from place to place.
It forced them to dedicate most colonial resources to coal mining.
It prevented rebellious colonists from launching successful revolutions.
- 4. Multiple Choice
How did the invention of the telegraph help imperial powers develop in the 19th century?
It allowed leaders in different parts of an empire to easily communicate.
It prevented colonists from organizing independence movements.
It convinced leaders that controlling colonies was no longer a valuable activity.
It helped leaders more easily monitor communications within their colonies.
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the invention of machine guns influence European states in the 19th century?
It led them to devote nearly all their resources to producing weapons.
It convinced them to avoid war, as military conflict became deadlier than ever.
It allowed them to more easily conquer and control colonies in Africa and Asia.
It helped nationalist groups win their independence from large empires.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of these events led European countries to seek natural resources in colonies around the world during the 19th century?
The Enlightenment
The Industrial Revolution
The American Civil War
The scientific revolution
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did the Industrial Revolution motivate Europeans to claim colonies around the world?
Europeans hoped to recruit scientists from around the world to help develop new technology.
Europeans wanted to spread industrial technology to poor countries around the world.
Europeans needed places to use the new technologies they had developed.
Europeans hoped to find natural resources to produce goods in factories.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes a motivation for European countries establishing empires in the 19th century?
Europeans believed they were morally superior to the peoples of Africa and Asia.
Europeans wanted to leave Europe and relocate to African and Asian countries.
Europeans needed places to use the new technologies they had developed.
Europeans hoped to spread Enlightenment ideas, including liberal democracy.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What were the effects of Belgian rule of the Congo Free State on the indigenous people?
They learned to speak French and converted to Christianity.
Millions died while trying to produce enough rubber to satisfy the Belgians.
Few were able to earn a living, as Belgian workers were given most jobs.
They became rich by selling their rubber to Belgian markets.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes a long-term impact of European imperialism in Africa?
African countries joined together to present a united front against imperialism.
European powers drew the current borders, splitting ethnic groups among modern countries.
Africans became more loyal to their countries than to their ethnic groups.
Europeans paid African countries for colonizing them, offering the new countries a fresh start.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which group was responsible for determining the borders of African colonies and, later, countries?
The African Union
European imperial powers
The United Nations
Local African rulers
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes a difference between 19th-century imperialism and forms of imperialism that had existed earlier in history?
19th-century imperialism was conducted primarily by large African and Asian empires.
19th-century imperialism was based on the idea that all countries deserved to rule over themselves.
19th-century imperialism was more focused on controlling a territory's economy than colonizing it.
19th-century imperialism was more concerned with eliminating groups of people than generating wealth.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which term describes the competition between European powers for colonial territory in Africa?
The scramble for Africa
The Sepoy Rebellion
Economic imperialism
The eugenics movement
- 14. Multiple Choice
When were the rules for colonizing Africa established?
At the Dakar Summit of 1901
At the end of the Crimean War in 1856
At the Berlin Conference of 1884
At the World Expo in Paris in 1889
- 15. Multiple Choice
How did the theory of social Darwinism justify European imperialism during the 19th century?
It suggested that powerful countries had the right to rule over weaker countries.
It argued that wealthy states had a responsibility to provide financial aid to poor countries.
It claimed that African and Asian people should be killed to make territories completely European.
It suggested that a country's people had the right to select their own government.
- 16. Multiple Choice
How were Herbert Spencer's theories used to justify imperialism?
Herbert Spencer called for the rapid industrialization of the world.
Herbert Spencer proposed that Christians were required to convert non-Christians to Christianity.
Herbert Spencer stated that the strongest civilizations would conquer the weak.
Herbert Spencer thought that the nation with the most colonies would be the most powerful one.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of these groups benefited most from 19th-century imperialism?
Imperial nations, such as the United Kingdom and France
Nations that were under economic imperialism, such as Honduras and China
Colonies of imperial nations, such as Congo and India
Independent countries, such as Sweden and Canada
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of these groups benefited least from 19th-century imperialism?
Colonies of imperial nations, such as Congo and India
Imperial nations, such as the United Kingdom and France
Independent countries, such as Sweden and Canada
Nations that were under economic imperialism, such as Honduras and China
- 19. Multiple Choice
What instigated the Sepoy Rebellion?
Dissatisfaction about the British taking land from local Africans and giving it to European colonists
The rumor that the British were forcing Muslim and Hindu soldiers to use cartridges greased with cow and pig fat
Anger that the Americans controlled the economies of Honduras and Guatemala in Central America
News that Belgians in the Congo Free State cut off the hands of rubber plantation workers who did not meet their quotas
- 20. Multiple Choice
What was the name the poem by Rudyard Kipling that attempted to justify imperialism and racism?
Half Devil and Half Child
The White Man's Burden
The Heart of Darkness
The Pokey Little Puppy
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