Chapter 29 Pre-Test
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Chapter 29 Pre-Test Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1. Opened in 1869, the Suez Canal triggered: a. a wave of European domination over Asia and Africa b. the independent growth of Egypt c. a trend of canal building throughout the world d. all of the above 2. Historians use the term Imperialism to refer to the West’s: a. isolationism and parochialism in the late nineteenth century b. use of industrial technology to impose its will on the nonindustrial world c. policies of preservation of the natural environment d. all of the above 3. Although Imperialism was not new to Europeans, this period was uniquely characterized by: a. retarded growth and slow development b. use of Chinese technology to inspire European innovation c. being a land grab of unprecedented speed d. all of the above 4. Besides conquering large amounts of territory, the New Imperialism was most significant for: a. creating a global economy of suppliers and consumers b. recognizing international cultural diversity c. spawning racism within Western society d. allowing dependent areas to develop governments 5. The French government’s political motive for participating in the New Imperialism was to: a. eliminate a rival political party b. reestablish national prestige through territory overseas c. subvert British control in India d. keep the French treasury from bankruptcy 6. Often colonial territory was seized without the consent of the home government by: a. ex-slave traders motivated to make money on the colony b. journalists trying to gather news information in the tropics c. scientists doing research in remote regions of Africa and Asia d. colonial officers deciding on their claim to a piece of territory
7. Among the cultural motives was a desire to: a. spread Christianity b. abolish slavery c. “civilize” people of the colonies by bringing them Western education, medicine, and customs d. all of the above 8. The colonies offered women opportunities as an alternative to their lives in Europe as: a. wives for indigenous men b. missionaries, teachers, nurses, and social reformers c. miners and industrial workers in the colonies d. colonial officers and administrators 9. The power of Western technology convinced many Euro-Americans that: a. western ideas, customs, and culture were superior to non-Western lifestyles b. non-Western ideas, customs, and culture were superior to Western lifestyles c. neither culture was superior but could co-exist peacefully d. the West had a lot to learn from non-Western societies 10. The most harmful aspect of the Western sense of cultural superiority was/were: a. the racist ideas that deemed non-Europeans inferior b. the use of biological warfare against the colonies c. that it created a society of poverty and desperation in Asia d. all of the above 11. The economic motive for imperialism was/were: a. European merchants needed to secure new markets for their goods b. European businesses were motivated to look for new opportunities in Asia and Africa c. high demand for raw materials for industrialization d. all of the above 12. Technological innovations of the Industrial Revolution: a. made Europe completely self-sufficient b. created enormous wealth for Europeans that they willingly shared with the world c. made the colonization of distant regions cost-effective d. made colonization unnecessary 13. One of the greatest barriers to the European invasion of inland African territories was: a. the lack of knowledge of the geography b. Falciparum malaria c. the great African rivers d. all of the above
14. A technological advance of the late nineteenth century was: a. the breechloading rifle b. the machine gun c. smokeless powder d. all of the above 15. The better the European weapons became, the more the __________ widened: a. “gun breech” b. “Maxim gap” c. “firepower gap” d. “colonial gap” 16. The 1898 battle at Omdurman resulted in 11,000 Sudanese deaths, with British deaths totaling: a. 48 b. 480 c. 1480 d. 4480 17. The system of administering and exploiting the colonies for the benefit of the home country is: a. the system of “benevolent neglect” b. considered “splendid isolation” c. considered “reluctant imperialism” d. considered “colonialism” 18. Colonies that were called protectorates: a. were administered directly by a European governor b. retained their traditional governments c. were reorganized and given European-style governments d. were merged directly into European governments 19. New Zealand elected its own parliament and ruled itself in large part because: a. European settlers there were in the majority b. indigenous peoples were strong enough to demand it c. no other system of government had succeeded d. of the defeat of the British army 20. Indigenous elites within European colonies: a. were almost universally opposed to European power b. had to cooperate for colonialism to succeed c. tried desperately to ignore the European presence d. lost the respect of their followers 21. When Western women arrived in the colonies it created: a. a more relaxed and “homey” atmosphere
b. a more “civilized” atmosphere as these women insisted on Western daily customs c. a more racist and segregated environment d. all of the above 22. Until the 1870s, African history was largely shaped by: a. European colonial practices b. internal forces and local initiatives c. Islamic fundamentalists groups d. the oppression of the slave trade 23. Egyptian modernization brought an accumulation of foreign debt, which caused: a. the government to sell its shares in the Suez Canal to the British b. the Ottoman Empire to depose Ismail c. the people to revolt and the British to occupy Egypt d. all of the above 24. British efforts to increase Egyptian agriculture resulted in: a. the attack on Omdurman b. the annexation of large portions of Ethiopia c. the construction of the Aswan Dam d. a large reduction in cotton production 25. The French initially planned to open the interior trade of Senegal by: a. building an intricate road system to the coast b. widening the Senegal River for shipping c. building a canal from the Senegal and Niger Rivers d. building a railroad to connect with river traffic 26. With King Leopold’s money, Henry Morton Stanley: a. “opened” and occupied the Congo Basin b. found Dr. Livingstone c. “opened” and occupied the Moroccan Basin d. all of the above 27. The major decision of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 was that Europeans could: a. not colonize the eastern region of Africa b. only colonize Africa by “effective occupation” c. not colonize Africa by military means alone d. colonize Africa only through individual treaties 28. Europeans controlled equatorial Africa by: a. selling concessions to private companies b. direct governmental rule c. controlling native trade at key port cities d. offering incentives to local rulers
29. The British wanted to expand the Cape Colony northward because of: a. the marauding Zulu armies b. attacks by the Afrikaners c. the need for the rich northern farmlands d. discoveries of gold and diamonds 30. The British invasion of southern Africa was driven by the ambitions of: a. Nathaniel Hawthorne b. Thomas Macauley c. Sir F.D. Lugard d. Cecil Rhodes 31. South Africa’s 1913 Natives Land Act was intended to: a. pacify Africans by granting them land b. keep Africans on reservations c. keep Afrikaners from starting a new war d. stop British financiers from becoming too powerful 32. The most successful African resistance against Europeans took place in: a. Ethiopia b. the Sudan c. South Africa d. Mali 33. The Ethiopian victory over Italy at Adowa was due to: a. the Italians’ having the worst army in Europe b. the Italians’ bringing the wrong maps with them c. the Ethiopians’ being armed with rifles, machine guns, and artillery d. the Ethiopians’ infecting the Italians with malaria 34. Europeans disrupted traditional African life by: a. taking authority away from traditional rulers b. changing the existing landholding structures, often forcing Africans off their land c. imposing new taxes that forced Africans to take work at one-tenth the wages of Europeans d. all of the above 35. With the flood of Christian missionaries into Africa, Islam: a. spread even farther than before b. stagnated and became less powerful c. remained strong only north of the Sahara d. spread only in areas resisting Europeans 36. Russians occupied the territory of Kazakhstan because: a. of its copper and tin mines
b. it was fertile agricultural land c. of constant invasions by Kazakhs d. of a holy war declared by Tsar Alexander III 37. The last independent state in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century was: a. Siam b. Malaya c. Burma d. Indochina 38. Southeast Asia had great economic potential because of: a. The fertile soil and heavy rains b. its people’s long agricultural tradition c. new crops from other parts of the world d. all of the above 39. Europeans transformed the environment of Southeast Asia dependencies by: a. practicing slash and burn techniques b. forbidding the growing of food and demanding the growth of cash crops c. increasing agricultural production by introducing cinchona and rubber d. all of the above 40. The United States annexed Hawaii: a. for strategic reasons b. as a valuable supply station for whaling ships c. for its many large sugar plantations d. to keep pace with European colonialism 41. The United States purchased the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in large part to: a. acquire its many important naval bases b. keep out other ambitious colonialist powers c. humiliate the Spanish government d. ensure payment of Spanish war reparations 42. Free trade imperialism in Latin America meant: a. economic dependence instead of direct colonization b. that there were no tariffs for goods traded to the United States c. that European powers were free to be involved there d. all of the above 43. To better exploit the economic potential of Latin America: a. Euro-American settlers were encouraged to emigrate b. extensive railroad systems were built c. laborers from India were imported in great numbers d. Western countries discouraged emancipation
44. The Monroe Doctrine was an attempt by the United States to: a. extend economic capitalism over Latin America b. annex new territory and expand slavery c. keep Europeans from colonizing Latin America d. ensure the continued flow of West Indian sugar 45. The Platt Amendment: a. stated that the United States could occupy any Caribbean island b. prevented slavery in the West Indies c. allowed U.S. investment in former Spanish colonies d. gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuba 46. In order to build the Panama Canal, the United States: a. obtained a concession from Colombia b. negotiated a lease with the Panamanian government c. supported a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia d. all of the above 47. Hevea trees that were transplanted around the world produced: a. quinine for malaria b. rubber for tires and rainwear c. oil for soap and lubricants d. cocoa for chocolate
Chapter 29 Pre-Test Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1. Opened in 1869, the Suez Canal triggered: a. a wave of European domination over Asia and Africa b. the independent growth of Egypt c. a trend of canal building throughout the world d. all of the above 2. Historians use the term Imperialism to refer to the West’s: a. isolationism and parochialism in the late nineteenth century b. use of industrial technology to impose its will on the nonindustrial world c. policies of preservation of the natural environment d. all of the above 3. Although Imperialism was not new to Europeans, this period was uniquely characterized by: a. retarded growth and slow development b. use of Chinese technology to inspire European innovation c. being a land grab of unprecedented speed d. all of the above 4. Besides conquering large amounts of territory, the New Imperialism was most significant for: a. creating a global economy of suppliers and consumers b. recognizing international cultural diversity c. spawning racism within Western society d. allowing dependent areas to develop governments 5. The French government’s political motive for participating in the New Imperialism was to: a. eliminate a rival political party b. reestablish national prestige through territory overseas c. subvert British control in India d. keep the French treasury from bankruptcy 6. Often colonial territory was seized without the consent of the home government by: a. ex-slave traders motivated to make money on the colony b. journalists trying to gather news information in the tropics c. scientists doing research in remote regions of Africa and Asia d. colonial officers deciding on their claim to a piece of territory
7. Among the cultural motives was a desire to: a. spread Christianity b. abolish slavery c. “civilize” people of the colonies by bringing them Western education, medicine, and customs d. all of the above 8. The colonies offered women opportunities as an alternative to their lives in Europe as: a. wives for indigenous men b. missionaries, teachers, nurses, and social reformers c. miners and industrial workers in the colonies d. colonial officers and administrators 9. The power of Western technology convinced many Euro-Americans that: a. western ideas, customs, and culture were superior to non-Western lifestyles b. non-Western ideas, customs, and culture were superior to Western lifestyles c. neither culture was superior but could co-exist peacefully d. the West had a lot to learn from non-Western societies 10. The most harmful aspect of the Western sense of cultural superiority was/were: a. the racist ideas that deemed non-Europeans inferior b. the use of biological warfare against the colonies c. that it created a society of poverty and desperation in Asia d. all of the above 11. The economic motive for imperialism was/were: a. European merchants needed to secure new markets for their goods b. European businesses were motivated to look for new opportunities in Asia and Africa c. high demand for raw materials for industrialization d. all of the above 12. Technological innovations of the Industrial Revolution: a. made Europe completely self-sufficient b. created enormous wealth for Europeans that they willingly shared with the world c. made the colonization of distant regions cost-effective d. made colonization unnecessary 13. One of the greatest barriers to the European invasion of inland African territories was: a. the lack of knowledge of the geography b. Falciparum malaria c. the great African rivers d. all of the above
14. A technological advance of the late nineteenth century was: a. the breechloading rifle b. the machine gun c. smokeless powder d. all of the above 15. The better the European weapons became, the more the __________ widened: a. “gun breech” b. “Maxim gap” c. “firepower gap” d. “colonial gap” 16. The 1898 battle at Omdurman resulted in 11,000 Sudanese deaths, with British deaths totaling: a. 48 b. 480 c. 1480 d. 4480 17. The system of administering and exploiting the colonies for the benefit of the home country is: a. the system of “benevolent neglect” b. considered “splendid isolation” c. considered “reluctant imperialism” d. considered “colonialism” 18. Colonies that were called protectorates: a. were administered directly by a European governor b. retained their traditional governments c. were reorganized and given European-style governments d. were merged directly into European governments 19. New Zealand elected its own parliament and ruled itself in large part because: a. European settlers there were in the majority b. indigenous peoples were strong enough to demand it c. no other system of government had succeeded d. of the defeat of the British army 20. Indigenous elites within European colonies: a. were almost universally opposed to European power b. had to cooperate for colonialism to succeed c. tried desperately to ignore the European presence d. lost the respect of their followers 21. When Western women arrived in the colonies it created: a. a more relaxed and “homey” atmosphere
b. a more “civilized” atmosphere as these women insisted on Western daily customs c. a more racist and segregated environment d. all of the above 22. Until the 1870s, African history was largely shaped by: a. European colonial practices b. internal forces and local initiatives c. Islamic fundamentalists groups d. the oppression of the slave trade 23. Egyptian modernization brought an accumulation of foreign debt, which caused: a. the government to sell its shares in the Suez Canal to the British b. the Ottoman Empire to depose Ismail c. the people to revolt and the British to occupy Egypt d. all of the above 24. British efforts to increase Egyptian agriculture resulted in: a. the attack on Omdurman b. the annexation of large portions of Ethiopia c. the construction of the Aswan Dam d. a large reduction in cotton production 25. The French initially planned to open the interior trade of Senegal by: a. building an intricate road system to the coast b. widening the Senegal River for shipping c. building a canal from the Senegal and Niger Rivers d. building a railroad to connect with river traffic 26. With King Leopold’s money, Henry Morton Stanley: a. “opened” and occupied the Congo Basin b. found Dr. Livingstone c. “opened” and occupied the Moroccan Basin d. all of the above 27. The major decision of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 was that Europeans could: a. not colonize the eastern region of Africa b. only colonize Africa by “effective occupation” c. not colonize Africa by military means alone d. colonize Africa only through individual treaties 28. Europeans controlled equatorial Africa by: a. selling concessions to private companies b. direct governmental rule c. controlling native trade at key port cities d. offering incentives to local rulers
29. The British wanted to expand the Cape Colony northward because of: a. the marauding Zulu armies b. attacks by the Afrikaners c. the need for the rich northern farmlands d. discoveries of gold and diamonds 30. The British invasion of southern Africa was driven by the ambitions of: a. Nathaniel Hawthorne b. Thomas Macauley c. Sir F.D. Lugard d. Cecil Rhodes 31. South Africa’s 1913 Natives Land Act was intended to: a. pacify Africans by granting them land b. keep Africans on reservations c. keep Afrikaners from starting a new war d. stop British financiers from becoming too powerful 32. The most successful African resistance against Europeans took place in: a. Ethiopia b. the Sudan c. South Africa d. Mali 33. The Ethiopian victory over Italy at Adowa was due to: a. the Italians’ having the worst army in Europe b. the Italians’ bringing the wrong maps with them c. the Ethiopians’ being armed with rifles, machine guns, and artillery d. the Ethiopians’ infecting the Italians with malaria 34. Europeans disrupted traditional African life by: a. taking authority away from traditional rulers b. changing the existing landholding structures, often forcing Africans off their land c. imposing new taxes that forced Africans to take work at one-tenth the wages of Europeans d. all of the above 35. With the flood of Christian missionaries into Africa, Islam: a. spread even farther than before b. stagnated and became less powerful c. remained strong only north of the Sahara d. spread only in areas resisting Europeans 36. Russians occupied the territory of Kazakhstan because: a. of its copper and tin mines
b. it was fertile agricultural land c. of constant invasions by Kazakhs d. of a holy war declared by Tsar Alexander III 37. The last independent state in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century was: a. Siam b. Malaya c. Burma d. Indochina 38. Southeast Asia had great economic potential because of: a. The fertile soil and heavy rains b. its people’s long agricultural tradition c. new crops from other parts of the world d. all of the above 39. Europeans transformed the environment of Southeast Asia dependencies by: a. practicing slash and burn techniques b. forbidding the growing of food and demanding the growth of cash crops c. increasing agricultural production by introducing cinchona and rubber d. all of the above 40. The United States annexed Hawaii: a. for strategic reasons b. as a valuable supply station for whaling ships c. for its many large sugar plantations d. to keep pace with European colonialism 41. The United States purchased the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in large part to: a. acquire its many important naval bases b. keep out other ambitious colonialist powers c. humiliate the Spanish government d. ensure payment of Spanish war reparations 42. Free trade imperialism in Latin America meant: a. economic dependence instead of direct colonization b. that there were no tariffs for goods traded to the United States c. that European powers were free to be involved there d. all of the above 43. To better exploit the economic potential of Latin America: a. Euro-American settlers were encouraged to emigrate b. extensive railroad systems were built c. laborers from India were imported in great numbers d. Western countries discouraged emancipation
44. The Monroe Doctrine was an attempt by the United States to: a. extend economic capitalism over Latin America b. annex new territory and expand slavery c. keep Europeans from colonizing Latin America d. ensure the continued flow of West Indian sugar 45. The Platt Amendment: a. stated that the United States could occupy any Caribbean island b. prevented slavery in the West Indies c. allowed U.S. investment in former Spanish colonies d. gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuba 46. In order to build the Panama Canal, the United States: a. obtained a concession from Colombia b. negotiated a lease with the Panamanian government c. supported a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia d. all of the above 47. Hevea trees that were transplanted around the world produced: a. quinine for malaria b. rubber for tires and rainwear c. oil for soap and lubricants d. cocoa for chocolate
