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Nineteenth-century Empires

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Question 1
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The threats to the mercantile colonial world included all of the following EXCEPT

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A

slave revolts.

B

independence movements.

C

the free-trade lobby.

D

Enlightenment universalism.

E

the papacy.

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Question 2
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Britain and the U.S.abolished the slave trade in

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A

1803.

B

1807.

C

1834.

D

1865.

E

1888.

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Question 3
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Britain's civilizing mission in India

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A

sought to bring religious enlightenment.

B

sought to eradicate "oriental despotism."

C

attacked the custom of sati.

D

included interfering in Indian religious and ritual issues.

E

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Question 4
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The British East India Company

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lost the Battle of Plassey.

B

continued to pay for Bengali goods with silver after the Battle of Plassey.

C

forced Bengal to pay for its exports to Britain through land taxes.

D

stimulated the Bengal economy by driving up demand for calicoes.

E

encouraged subsistence farming in Bengal.

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Question 5
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The sultan of the Ottoman Empire

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implemented a Westernization program called the Tanzimat.

B

sought European support in Syria.

C

borrowed money from the Germans during the Crimean War.

D

both implemented a Westernization program called the Tanzimat and sought European support in Syria.

E

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Question 6
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Which of the following factors provoked the participants in the Taiping Rebellion?

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A
attacks on Europeans which enraged Chinese merchants
B
the attack on Peking (Beijing) by foreign forces
C
the persecution of Christians
D
peasant unrest and anti-foreign sentiments
E
the Westernization program forced upon China by European powers
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Question 7
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Australia and New Zealand

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A
found their textile industries ravaged by the economic imperialism of European powers.
B
maintained their independence through native resistance movements.
C
were populated by white emigrants who destroyed the indigenous populations.
D
were not permitted Dominion status.
E
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Question 8
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Which Asian nation Westernized to an extent that competed with Western imperialism in Asia?

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A
Siam
B
China
C
India
D
Japan
E
Korea
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Question 9
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Europeans found it difficult to colonize Africa at first because of

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disease.
B
the continent's difficult geography.
C
the power of the Fulani and Bambara states.
D
missionary work there which prevented economic relations.
E
both disease and the continent's difficult geography.
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Question 10
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The new imperialism was motivated by all of the following EXCEPT

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nationalism, which Europeans linked to their rights to imperial domination.
B
new forms of technology, which gave Europeans an advantage over native peoples.
C
competition with other European nations.
D
the pursuit of new markets.
E
the desire to help colonies in nation-building.
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Question 11
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The rush of Europeans to Cape Colony and the Boer colonies at the end of the nineteenth century was driven by

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the slave trade.
B
gold and diamonds.
C
Cecil Rhodes' effective propaganda encouraging settlement.
D
white fears of Zulu dominance in the area.
E
the palm oil trade.
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Question 12
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The United States

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A
went to war with Spain over Hawaii.
B
fought the Germans for the western half of New Guinea.
C
fought a resistance movement in the Philippines.
D
battled with the "Black Flag" resistance movement in Vietnam.
E
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Question 13
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The Fashoda crisis brought which two European nations to the brink of war?

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France and Britain
B
Russia and Germany
C
France and Germany
D
Britain and Belgium
E
Russia and Britain
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Question 14
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In the late nineteenth century, Darwinian ideas

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led many Europeans to imagine that they were biologically superior to colonial peoples.
B
bolstered liberal universalism.
C
confirmed the view among Europeans that they shared the same characteristics as the people they ruled in their colonies.
D
proved that non-Western peoples were just as capable of progress as Europeans.
E
both bolstered liberal universalism and confirmed the view among Europeans that they shared the same characteristics as the people they ruled in their colonies.
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Question 15
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The new colonial economy

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undermined subsistence farming and made peasants more vulnerable to famine.
B
forced many peasants to cultivate raw materials for industry.
C
triggered massive migrations of laborers around the world.
D
brought huge investments in infrastructure to colonial regions.
E
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Question 16
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British rule in India

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depended upon indirect policies of governing.
B
relied upon the compliance of traditional leaders to carry out colonial policies.
C
sought to cultivate legitimacy by using local manpower.
D
both relied upon the compliance of traditional leaders to carry out colonial policies and sought to cultivate legitimacy by using local manpower.
E
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Question 17
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In comparison to British colonial rule, French colonial rule

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preserved indigenous institutions.
B
denied citizenship to its colonial subjects.
C
sometimes granted colonial subjects citizenship rights.
D
was heavily influenced by Darwinian ideas.
E
rejected assimilation.
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Question 18
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Leaders like Sun Yat-sen and the Young Turks were inspired by

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the mission civilatrice.
B
Darwinism.
C
anthropology.
D
nationalism.
E
peasant grievances.
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Question 19
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According to J.A.Hobson, what was most responsible for the vast extension of European control at the end of the nineteenth century?

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A
the unequal distribution of wealth, which caused under-consumption
B
surplus wages
C
the logic of subsistence agriculture
D
the capitalist exploitation of non-Western peoples
E
All of these were responsible for the vast extension of European control.
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Question 20
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Lenin

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agreed with Hobson about the economic basis of imperialism.
B
disagreed with the idea that all colonialism was exploitative.
C
argued that imperialism stemmed from capitalism itself.
D
both agreed with Hobson about the economic basis of imperialism and disagreed with the idea that all colonialism was exploitative.
E
both agreed with Hobson about the economic basis of imperialism and argued that it stemmed from capitalism itself.
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