Imperialism

Question 1

To prevent fighting over the division of Africa, European nations did this:

Answer 1

Held the Berlin Conference of 1884-85

Question 2

What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85?

Answer 2

Europeans divided Africa without consulting African leaders.

Question 3

Switching to cash crops caused:

Answer 3

inadequate food supplies in Africa.

Question 4

The European policy of ________ reflected the belief that Africans should be watched over and taken care of.

Answer 4

Paternalism

Question 5

“Unnaturally imposed” best describes:

Answer 5

the European boundaries of Africa.

Question 6

The MAIN causes of imperialism are:

Answer 6

Markets, Acquire resources, Introduce Christianity, Nationalism.

Question 7

Nationalism, economic competition, European racism, and missionary impulse were:

Answer 7

European motives for colonizing Africa.

Question 8

The Maxim machine gun, railroads and stemships and a cure for Malaria were:

Answer 8

external forces that allowed Africa to be colonized by the Europeans.

Question 9

A variety of cultures and languages, low level of technology, and ethnic strife were:

Answer 9

internal forces that allowed Africa to be colonized by the Europeans.

Question 10

A country governed internally by a dominant foreign power:

Answer 10

Colony

Question 11

A country in which a dominant foreign power controls for the sake of protecting a vital resource:

Answer 11

Protectorate

Question 12

A dominant foreign country claims exclusive trading rights and controls the ports and markets in a region:

Answer 12

Sphere of Influence

Question 13

An independent country’s economy is controlled by a foreign, privately owned company:

Answer 13

Economic Imperialism

Question 14

Management style in which the goal is complete assimilation with no self-rule:

Answer 14

Direct Management

Question 15

Management style in which the goal is to develop future leaders by allowing some self-rule:

Answer 15

Indirect Management

Question 16

“The Sick Man of Europe”

Answer 16

The Ottoman Empire in 1914

Question 17

The French paid for, and the Egyptians built the:

Answer 17

Suez Canal

Question 18

The Crimean War was lost by:

Answer 18

Russia

Question 19

Persia was divided into spheres of influence by:

Answer 19

Britain and Russia

Question 20

Persia gave _____________ to the West to allow them to control the oil trade there.

Answer 20

Concessions

Question 21

Princes in India who broke off from the Muhgals and ruled their own states:

Answer 21

Maharajas

Question 22

The British East India Trading Company’s rule of India:

Answer 22

Economic Imperialism

Question 23

The British East India Trading Company’s private army soldiers:

Answer 23

Sepoys

Question 24

This caused the British government to take control of India away from the British East India Trading Company:

Answer 24

Sepoy Rebellion

Question 25

The British government took control of India and set up a government called:

Answer 25

The Raj

Question 26

Pacific Rim

Answer 26

Lands surrounding the Pacific Ocean

Question 27

Area in Southeast Asia controlled mostly by the Dutch:

Answer 27

Indonesia

Question 28

Britain wanted Singapore for a trading port because of it’s great ____________.

Answer 28

harbor

Question 29

French Indochina

Answer 29

French colony in Southeast Asia made up of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam

Question 30

The management style the French used to control their colonies:

Answer 30

Direct Management

Question 31

T/F: Japan modernized while China only did when it was too late to keep out western influence.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

T/F: In a very short period of time, Japan modernized and began building their own empire in Africa.

Answer 32

False. They began building their own empire in Asia and the Pacific.

Question 33

T/F: The Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion were both results of Chinese resentment of foreigners.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

T/F: European foreigners not having to follow laws in the countries they influenced meant that they had extraterritorial rights.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

T/F: Several European countries had colonies in China.

Answer 35

False. They had spheres of influence in China.

Question 36

T/F: The U.S. promoted the “Open Door Policy” so that no one could colonize China.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

T/F: The U.S. helped Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines win full independence from Spain.

Answer 37

False: Cuba became independent, but the U.S. reserved the right to step in anytime they wanted to. The Philippines were made into a U.S. territory. Puerto Rico also became a U.S. territory, and remains so today.

Question 38

T/F (Extra Credit): The Monroe Doctrine stated that European countries could still colonize Latin American countries.

Answer 38

False. It stated that no European country could create any more colonies in the western hemisphere.

Question 39

T/F (Extra Credit): The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the U.S. was the “police force” of the eastern hemisphere.

Answer 39

False. It stated that the U.S. was the “police force” of the western hemisphere.

Question 40

T/F (Extra Credit): The U.S. helped Panama win independence from Columbia so that they would give the U.S. the rights to build the Suez Canal.

Answer 40

False. Panama gave the U.S. the rights to build the Panama Canal.