Imperialism- Unit Test
1. The Primary reason for European colonization during the 1800s was ______.
a. / Need for resources for industries c. desire to show superiority over othersb. / The search for the northwest passage d. desire to spread Christianity
2. ____ The belief in ______led Europeans to believe it was their right to colonize the world
a. / Social Darwinism / c. / La Reformab. / Genetics / d. / The Code of Justinian
3. At first Europeans did not attempt to move into Africa because of all the reasons except ______.
a. malaria and other diseasesc. the Africans had more advanced weapons
b. the rivers were too strong to travel upd. they didn’t know Africa had so many resources
4. In order to avoid war, European nations divided Africa at the ______
a. Congress of Viennac. Concert of Europe
b. Versailles treatyd. Berlin Conference
5. ____ was able to keep Ethiopia as a free, non-colonized nation in Africa.
a. / Leopold II / c. / King Monkutb. / Menelik II / d. / Ram Roy
6. ______seized power in Egypt in 1805 and established a separate Egyptian state?
a. / Muhammad Ali / c. / Muhammad Ahmadb. / Ferdinand de Lesseps / d. / General Charles Gordon
7. Interest in Africa increased when Henry Stanley traveled looking for David Livingstone and along the way made trade agreements between African tribes and ______to sell rubber.
a. Englandc. France
b. the Netherlandsd. Belgium
8. The ____ were Dutch colonists who settled along the southern tip of Africa
a. / Boers / c. / Sepoyb. / Zulus / d. / Raj
9. The Union of South Africa was established by the British and soon adopted the policy of ______which created a strict separation of the races.
a. apartheidc. solidarity
b. abolitiond. socialism
10. From the mid-1600s until 1857 India’s government was controlled by ______.
a. The Indian National Congressc. China
b. Englandd. the East India Company
11. Because it helped England gain huge amounts of wealth, India was known as ______.
a. the English Pound Sterlingc. the Jewel in the Crown
b. the Rainmakerd. The Raj
12. In 1857, a growing Indian distrust of the British led to the Sepoy Mutiny, which caused ______.
a. / the British replacing indirect rule with divine rule.b. / a treaty between Great Britain and India, restoring independence to India.
c. / the British establishing a fort at Kanpur.
d. / The British government to take control of India away from the East India Company
13. What was the goal of the Indian National Congress?
a. / immediate independence for India and Pakistanb. / Originally, a say in the government, but eventually total independence from England
c. / a revolution that was embraced by both Hindus and Muslims
d. / a new constitution and the violent overthrow of British rule
14. Under the military pressure of Commodore Matthew Perry’s fleet, Japan ______.
a. / formed the Sat-Cho society.b. / treated shipwrecked American sailors like criminals.
c. / signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, opening up trade relations with the United States.
d. / demanded the shogun become president of Japan.
15. In order to move forward out of feudalism and into the modern industrial world, Japan overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate and started the ______.
a. Meji Reformc. Kawasaki Empire
b. Edo Conglomerated. Mitsubishi Order
16. Once it became an industrialized nation, Japan gained colonies of its own by fighting wars against ______.
a. England and Francec. The US and Korea
b. England and Chinad. China and Russia
17. In an attempt to adjust the trade imbalance with China, Britain began ______.
a. / increasing the price of steel traded to China.b. / decreasing the amount of tea and porcelain purchased from China.
c. / shipping opium grown in India directly to China.
d. / shipping silk made in India directly to England.
18. As a result of the Treaty of Nanjing, Britain was ______.
a. / forced to stop all trade with China and Japan.b. / Given tea for free for the next 100 years.
c. / unable to balance its trade with China.
d. / given the island of Hong Kong and other ports, among other concessions.
19. ____ proposed the Open Door policy for China.
a. / England / c. / The Netherlandsb. / The United States / d. / Spain
20. “Destroy the foreigner was the slogan of the ____ who wanted to drive all foreigners out of China in the 1800s.
a. / Meji Reform / c. / Boxersb. / Zulu / d. / The Sepoys
21. The Crimean war was fought because the Russians wanted ______.
a. access to a warm water port for tradec. to gain access to mineral resources in Africa
b. to take control of Polandd. the Japanese to stop colonizing their eastern lands
22. Muhammad Ali changed the economy of Egypt by making it a major ______producer.
a. cottonc. oil
b. manufactured goodsd. opium
23. Egypt eventually became a territory of England after they went into severe debt building ______.
a. the great pyramidsc. the sphinx
b. railroads throughout the countryd. the Suez canal
24. Persia was colonized by England and Russia mostly because they wanted access to Persia’s ______.
a. oilc. rubber
b. rivers and ocean accessd. fruits and vegetable production
25. The only Southeast Asian country to remain independent during the age of imperialism was ______.
a. Vietnamc. India
b. Siamd. Bangladesh
II. Which of the following people would have most likely made the following statements?
a. Henry Stanleyd. Florence Nightingale
b. Leopold IIe. Matthew Perry
c. Menelik II
_____26. War is such an ugly thing. Thankfully women like me are finally able to be on the battlefield to nurse the soldiers and help them to stay alive.
_____27. We need rubber to be able to get rich during this industrial age. I will fund a trip to Africa in order to make trade agreements that will get all African rubber supplies sold to Belgium.
_____28. I must keep Ethiopia independent. I will do the best I can to play each European country against another and maybe even gain some weapons from them. Hopefully by having European weapons we can stop others from attempting to colonize us.
_____29. Hmmm…what to write about over the next few months. Oh, I know! I’ll write about the adventures of life traveling through Africa. I can follow in the footsteps of that guy Livingstone and tell people about all of the dangers I find. Now I just need somebody to pay for my expenses.
_____30. Attention people of Japan. As you can see, I have brought several battle ships into Tokyo Bay. I have a simple message for all of you. You will now begin trading with the United States. If not, you will see what kind of damage these battle ships can do. Thank you.
III. Review Questions
A. Charles DarwinF. Francis Bacon
B. Adam SmithG. Louis Pasteur
C. Jean Jacque RousseauH. Karl Marx
D. John LockeI. Klemmens von Metternich
E. Otto von BismarckJ. Montesquieu
_____31. The government needs to stay out of the business of business. Yes, people can be greedy and want to make money…but the only way to make money is by producing goods that customers either want or need. Therefore simply by following the law of supply and demand, those who wish to make money will in turn help everyone.
_____ 32. Those industrialist pigs!!! Factory owners making all that money off of the troubles of the workers. We work and earn pennies, while they do nothing and make millions. I think we should change things. Let the government decide what products we will make and let the money be divided among the workers.
_____33. Through the process of natural selection, only the best adapted creatures will survive. Not only that, but the creatures will actually evolve. They will take on new characteristics that allow them to better compete in the world of nature. We can call this process, survival of the fittest.
_____34. I think I must be the most important man in the world right now. As an Austrian, I am the leader of the Congress of Vienna. I know we all are here to talk and give our opinions, but mine is obviously the most important.
_____35. Bacteria get into everything. Unfortunately that includes everything that we drink. It causes milk or fruit juices to spoil, and lots of other problems. I will create a method for purifying these drinks so that they last longer.
_____36. A government and its people must enter into an agreement with one another. The government must agree to provide protection and order for the people while the people must give up some freedoms in order to let the government provide that protection and order.
_____37. One man, or even a small group of men, cannot be allowed to have complete power over a government. This will always lead to corruption and enslavement of the people. In order to stop this from happening, governments need to be divided into three separate branches. One should create laws, one should enforce laws, and another should determine if the laws are fair and if the people are guilty of breaking the laws. Nobody should be allowed to serve in more than one branch.
_____38. That government was not only not protecting its people’s right to liberty; it was actually taking away the people’s liberty. Because of that, the people were completely justified in overthrowing the government.
_____39. In order to really discover why things happen in nature you should test it. The only way to test it would be to follow certain steps and make observations while completing those steps. Once the test is complete, you can then determine if what you thought caused the event really did.
_____40. German people need to be unified. I will take an army and conquer all lands where Germans live. I will unify the German Confederation, take land from Austria and France, and create the most powerful nation in all of Europe.