Ch. 33 A
1. Between 1859 and 1893 Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of
a. England.
b. France.
c. the Dutch.
d. Germany.
e. the United States.
2. Cecil Rhodes was
a. the British military leader who was responsible for a boom in naval expansion.
b. the American politician who articulated the belief in manifest destiny.
c. responsible for the philosophy that we know as social Darwinism.
d. the first leader of an independent Canada.
e. a leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa.
3. The Berlin Conference
a. set up a timetable for decolonization in Africa.
b. devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa.
c. ended the Crimean War.
d. established the Triple Alliance.
e. legitimized the German colonization of the Marshall Islands.
4. The social Darwinists believed that
a. a sharp distinction had to be made between the biological and social worlds.
b. only a socialist political and social structure would keep humans from destroying themselves.
c. more powerful nations had to protect weaker nations.
d. powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.
e. human beings had reached the point at which competition among nations was no longer necessary.
5. The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in
a. World War I.
b. the Opium War.
c. the War of 1812.
d. the Filipino Civil War.
e. the Spanish-American War.
Ch. 33 B
1. The Monroe Doctrine
a. ensured that neither the Europeans nor the Americans would ever interfere in western hemispheric affairs.
b. opened Japan to U.S. trade.
c. gave the British an inroad into New Zealand.
d. worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs.
e. handed the Philippines over to the United States.
2. Which of the following was not one of the core beliefs of Ram Mohan Roy?
a. The sati must remain as a symbol of India’s long history and spiritual priority.
b. He wanted to improve the status of women by providing them with property rights.
c. He believed in the construction of a society based on European science and devotional Hinduism.
d. He tried to bring Hindu spirituality to bear on the problems of his own time.
e. He tried to improve education for women.
3. Cecil Rhodes was
a. the British military leader who was responsible for a boom in naval expansion.
b. the American politician who articulated the belief in manifest destiny.
c. responsible for the philosophy that we know as social Darwinism.
d. the first leader of an independent Canada.
e. a leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa.
4. In regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americans
a. were much more tolerant and respectful of their colonies than the Europeans were.
b. expanded for very different reasons than the Europeans did.
c. never saw the need to expand
d. proved to be just as racist as the Europeans.
e. drew a sharp distinction between their enlightened sense of rule and that of the Europeans.
5. The social Darwinists believed that
a. a sharp distinction had to be made between the biological and social worlds.
b. only a socialist political and social structure would keep humans from destroying themselves.
c. more powerful nations had to protect weaker nations.
d. powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.
e. human beings had reached the point at which competition among nations was no longer necessary.